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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Calvert, Edward, 1799–1883
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Sherman, Welby, active 1827
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Prints
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male
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Collective Title
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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Materials & Techniques
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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Asian paper
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wood engraving (process)
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drawing
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relief print
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figure study
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landscape
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figure study
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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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gesturing
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dress
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robes
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trees
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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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arches
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balcony
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balustrade
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belts
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bench
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breeches
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cape
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Malvolio (character in Twelfth Night)
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Bacchus
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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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Exhibition History
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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Print made by Edward Calvert, 1799–1883
The Bacchante
ca. 1827
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Malvolio abusing Maria, Fabian and Sir Toby
1822
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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