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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
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Twelfth Night; or, What You Will
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Measure for Measure
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Period
19th century
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brown ink
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brown wash
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gouache
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oil paint
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pen
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wove paper
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varnish
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literary theme
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plays by William Shakespeare
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Twelfth Night; or, What You Will, play by William Shakespeare
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figure study
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gesturing
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dress
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robes
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veil
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women
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Measure for Measure, play by William Shakespeare
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Malvolio (character in Twelfth Night)
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Fabian (character in Twelfth Night)
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Feste (character in Twelfth Night)
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Isabella, a novice nun (character in Measure for Measure)
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Maria (character in Twelfth Night)
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Mariana (character in Measure for Measure)
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Olivia (character in Twelfth Night)
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Sir Toby Belch
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Viola as Cesario
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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
Viola and Olivia
1822
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Feste, as Sir Topas, addressing Malvolio
1822
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Isabella and Mariana Kneeling Before the Duke
1822
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Malvolio abusing Maria, Fabian and Sir Toby
1822