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Prints and Drawings
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Hunt, William Henry, 1790–1864
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Smirke, Mary
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1890
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1893
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1922
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1926
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1967
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1636
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On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
3
Creator Gender
male
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female
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Collective Title
Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
2
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1
Romeo and Juliet
1
Period
19th century
3
Materials & Techniques
brown ink
2
brown wash
2
gouache
2
graphite
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pen
2
wove paper
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gum
1
laid paper
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oil paint
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varnish
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drawing
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figure study
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literary theme
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portrait
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figure study
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girl
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literary theme
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plays by William Shakespeare
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sleeping
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, play by William Shakespeare
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Romeo and Juliet, play by William Shakespeare
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bed
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book
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boxes
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cape
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cloak
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curtains
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drapery
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family
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illusion
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Helena (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Juliet (character in Romeo and Juliet)
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Lysander (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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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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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Juliet About to Take her Sleeping Draught
1825
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William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Sophy Steadman Reading
ca. 1830
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Lysander Awakening to See Helena
1825