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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Smirke, Mary
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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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19th century
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brown ink
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The Taming of the Shrew, play by William Shakespeare
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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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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Christopher Sly
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Sir John Falstaff
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Christopher Sly and the Page, as His Wife
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff at Herne's Oak
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Taming of the Shrew
1821