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Constable, John, 1776–1837
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Lucas, David, 1802–1881
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Evans, William of Eton, 1798–1877
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Laby, Auguste François, 1784–1860
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MacPherson, Robert, 1814–1872
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Prints
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male
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19th century
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wove paper
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mezzotint
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watercolor
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albumen process
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gouache
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graphite
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lithography
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millboard
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landscape
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marine art
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architectural subject
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, play by William Shakespeare
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butterflies
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England
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Colchester
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Devon
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Hampstead Heath
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Italy
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Perugia
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Sidmouth
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Thames
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Puck (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Exhibition History
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
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Fantastic Illustration and Design in Britain 1850-1930 (Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 1979-06-05 - 1979-09-02)
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Fantastic Illustration and Design in Britain 1850-1930 (RISD Museum, 1979-03-28 - 1979-05-13)
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Shakespeare in Art (Ferrara Galleries of Modern & Contemporary Art, 2003-02-15 - 2003-06-15)
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Shakespeare on Canvas (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-01-02 - 2012-06-30)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Yale Center for British Art, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
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Joseph Noel Paton, 1821–1901
Puck and Fairies, from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
ca. 1850
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William Evans of Eton, 1798–1877
A Rustic Bridge over the Thames, Anglers on the River Bank
1845
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Print made by David Lucas, 1802–1881
Hampstead Heath, Harrow in the Distance
1845
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Print made by David Lucas, 1802–1881
Mill Near Colchester
1845
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Auguste François Laby, 1784–1860
Freetown, Sierra Leone
ca. 1850
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Robert MacPherson, 1814–1872
Etruscan Gateway, Perugia
ca. 1850
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David Roberts, 1796–1864
Sidmouth
1845