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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Burney, Edward Francis, 1760–1848
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Hunt, William Henry, 1790–1864
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Smirke, Mary
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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female
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Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
6
Henry IV, Part I
5
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Romeo and Juliet
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Period
19th century
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Materials & Techniques
wove paper
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brown ink
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brown wash
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graphite
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gouache
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pen
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oil paint
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gray wash
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gum
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pens
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laid paper
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figure study
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figure study
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plays by William Shakespeare
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Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare
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men
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girl
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drapery
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hat
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dolls
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Bardolph (character in Henry IV, parts I and II)
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Sir John Falstaff
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Helena (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Hotspur (Henry Percy), character in Henry IV, Part I
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Juliet (character in Romeo and Juliet)
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Lady Mortimer (character in Henry IV, Part I)
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Lysander (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Mistress Quickly (character in Henry IV, Part I)
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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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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Lysander Awakening to See Helena
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Juliet About to Take her Sleeping Draught
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Lady Mortimer's Welsh Song
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Hotspur and the Plotters at Bangor
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff with Mistress Quickly and Bardolph
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff Dragging the Body of Hotspur
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff Instructing Bardolph
1825
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William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Study of a Young Girl, with Ringlets, in a Black Evening Dress
ca. 1830
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William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Girl in a Red Belt
ca. 1830
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William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
A Boy Writing
ca. 1830
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Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Illustration for The New Doll: The Doll brought Home
1825
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Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Illustration for The New Doll: Untitled
1825
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Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Illustration for The New Doll: Untitled
1825