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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Thornton, Robert John, 1768–1837
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Prints
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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The Pastorals of Virgil
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Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
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The Taming of the Shrew
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Period
19th century
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wove paper
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letterpress printing
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wood engraving (process)
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brown ink
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brown wash
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gouache
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graphite
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pen
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gum
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oil paint
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plays by William Shakespeare
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The Merry Wives of Windsor, play by William Shakespeare
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The Taming of the Shrew, play by William Shakespeare
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Anne Page (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Grumio, a servant
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Katharine (character in The Taming of the Shrew)
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Master Slender (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Exhibition History
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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The Artistic Revival of the Woodcut in France 1850-1900 (Yale University Art Gallery, 1984-02-01 - 1984-03-25)
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The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
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William Blake, 1757–1827
Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Frontispiece
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Katherina and Grumio
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Anne Page and Slender
1821
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Pastorals of Virgil, Volume 2
1821
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Pastorals of Virgil, Volume 1
1821