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Prints and Drawings
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Redgrave, Richard, 1804–1888
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Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
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Paintings
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Creator Gender
male
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Collective Title
Twelfth Night; or, What You Will
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Period
19th century
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Materials & Techniques
oil paint
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brown wash
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wove paper
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black ink
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brown ink
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gouache
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painting (technique)
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panel (wood)
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plays by William Shakespeare
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Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene IV
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Twelfth Night; or, What You Will, play by William Shakespeare
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book
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cap
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cape
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dancing
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Malvolio (character in Twelfth Night)
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Orsino, Duke of Illyria (character in Twelfth Night)
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Redgrave, Richard (1804–1888), painter and arts administrator
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Sir Andrew Aguecheek (character in Twelfth Night)
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Viola (character in Twelfth Night)
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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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Richard Redgrave, R.A. (1804-1888) (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1988-03-16 - 1988-05-22)
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Richard Redgrave, R.A. (1804-1888) (Yale Center for British Art, 1988-06-14 - 1988-08-07)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Richard Redgrave, 1804–1888
Self-Portrait
ca. 1832
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Malvolio Dancing
1827
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
She Never Told Her Love, But Sat Like Patience on a Monument
1827