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Prints and Drawings
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Robson, George Fennell, 1788–1833
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Creator Gender
male
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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Period
19th century
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Materials & Techniques
brown ink
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gouache
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brown wash
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pen
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wove paper
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graphite
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gum
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laid paper
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oil paint
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varnish
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watercolor
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drawing
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watercolor
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literary theme
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figure study
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literary theme
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plays by William Shakespeare
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, play by William Shakespeare
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figure study
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illusion
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magic
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men
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Macbeth, Act III, Scene III
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armor
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armour
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boy
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cape
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castle
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cloak
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dagger
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Great Britain
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Scotland
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Banquo (character in Macbeth)
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Fleance (character in Macbeth)
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Helena (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Lysander (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Oberon (character from A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Robin Goodfellow (Puck), 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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833
The Murder of Banquo
ca. 1830
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Lysander Awakening to See Helena
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Oberon and Puck
1825