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Prints and Drawings
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Ansdell, Richard, 1815–1885
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Doyle, John ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
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Etching, Club, active 1838–1885
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Longman,, active 1804–1914
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McLean, Thomas, 1788–1875
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Prints
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Creator Gender
male
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Collective Title
King Lear
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Political Sketches
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Songs and Ballads of Shakespeare, 1853
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Period
19th century
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Materials & Techniques
black ink
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brown ink
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card
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etching (printing process)
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lithography
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wove paper
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intaglio print
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planographic print
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literary theme
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animal art
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historical subject
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landscape
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King Lear, Act III, Scene IV
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The Critic: or, a Tragedy Rehearsed, play by Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (1779)
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actors
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animal art
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audience
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beefeater
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birds
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canes
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capes
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clouds
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corn
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costume
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critics
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feathers
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gesturing
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Cobden, Richard (1804–1865), MP, campaigner and free trader
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Dangle, character in 'The Critic'
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Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804–1881), politician/statesman, author/poet
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Egerton, Francis, 1st Earl of Ellesmere (1800–1857), politician and poet, Lord Lieut. co. Lancashire
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John Bull, fictitious epitomist of Englishness and British imperialism
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Puff, character in 'The Critic'
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Raleigh, Sir Walter (1554–1618), courtier, explorer, and author
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Russell, Lord John, 1st Earl Russell of Kingston Russell (1792–1878), politician/statesman
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Sir Chrisopher Hatton, character in 'The Critic'
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Sneer, character in 'The Critic'
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Wellesley, Arthur, first duke of Wellington (1769–1852), army officer and prime minister
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
A Scene From the Farce of "The Critic," a Little Altered
1848
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Print made by Richard Ansdell, 1815–1885
Sleepest or Wakest Thou?
ca. 1853