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Gilbert, John, Sir, 1817–1897
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Greatbach, William, Born 1802
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Hunt, Charles, 1803–1877
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Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859
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Prior, Thomas Abiel, 1809–1886
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Prints
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
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Twelfth Night; or, What You Will
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19th century
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etching (printing process)
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wove paper
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black ink
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canvas
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actors
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men
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plays by William Shakespeare
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Hamlet, play by William Shakespeare
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The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act I, Scene I
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The Merry Wives of Windsor, play by William Shakespeare
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Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene IV
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Twelfth Night; or, What You Will, play by William Shakespeare
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Europe
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Hamlet
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Malvolio (character in Twelfth Night)
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Maria (character in Twelfth Night)
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Mistress Ford (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Mistress Page (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Sir Andrew Aguecheek (character in Twelfth Night)
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Sir John Falstaff
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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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Artist as Narrator - Nineteenth Century Narrative Art in England and France (Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 2005-09-08 - 2005-12-04)
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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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Shakespeare in Western Art (Isetan Museum of Art, 1992-10-29 - 1992-11-24)
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Shakespeare in Western Art (Kintetsu Museum of Art, 1993-01-09 - 1993-02-02)
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Shakespeare in Western Art (Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, 1992-11-28 - 1992-12-23)
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Shakespeare in Western Art (Takamatsu City Museum of Art, 1993-01-09 - 1993-02-08)
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Shakespeare on Canvas (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-01-02 - 2012-06-30)
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Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Charles Hunt, 1803–1877
Children Acting the 'Play Scene' from "Hamlet," Act II, Scene ii
1863
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William Greatbach, Born 1802
Falstaff and his Friends
ca. 1868
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Sir John Gilbert, 1817–1897
Enter Malvolio, Crossgartered..
1863
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Print made by Thomas Abiel Prior, 1809–1886
Dido Building Carthage
1863