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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Chalon, Alfred Edward, 1780–1860
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Nuttall,, Fisher & Dixon, active 1818
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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Antony and Cleopatra
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Illustrations from Camden's 'The imperial history of England'
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Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona
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19th century
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brown ink
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laid paper
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gouache
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plays by William Shakespeare
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Antony and Cleopatra, Act II, Scene II
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Cleopatra
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Crab, the dog
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Launce (character in The Two Gentlemen of Verona)
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Alfred Edward Chalon, 1780–1860
Cleopatra on the Cydnus to Meet Antony
ca. 1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Launce with his Dog Crab
ca. 1821
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Print made by Anker Smith, 1759–1819
Vortigern & Rowena
1816