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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Ellis, George Cressal, ca. 1810–1875
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von, Holst Theodor, 1810–1844
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Robson, George Fennell, 1788–1833
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Smirke, Mary
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Bonington, Richard Parkes, 1801–1828
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Gandy, Joseph Michael, 1771–1843
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1935
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
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male
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female
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Collective Title
Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
8
Henry IV, Part I
5
A Midsummer Night's Dream
2
Romeo and Juliet
2
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2
The Merchant of Venice
1
The Tempest
1
Period
19th century
23
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
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gouache
17
graphite
16
brown ink
14
watercolor
12
pen
11
brown wash
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oil paint
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varnish
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gum
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laid paper
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black chalk
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gray wash
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scraping
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figure study
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cityscape
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literary theme
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plays by William Shakespeare
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figure study
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men
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architectural subject
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Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare
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gesturing
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hat
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cape
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drapery
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man
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sitting
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women
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cloak
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clouds
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costume
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road
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talking
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woods
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, play by William Shakespeare
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United Kingdom
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Scotland
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England
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Europe
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Great Britain
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Italy
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London
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Rome
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Banquo (character in Macbeth)
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Bardolph (character in Henry IV, parts I and II)
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Juliet (character in Romeo and Juliet)
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Sir John Falstaff
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Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da (1571–1610), Italian painter
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Fleance (character in Macbeth)
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Helena (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Hotspur (Henry Percy), character in Henry IV, Part I
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Lady Mortimer (character in Henry IV, Part I)
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Lord Capulet (character in Romeo and Juliet)
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Lysander (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth)
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Mistress Quickly (character in Henry IV, Part I)
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Oberon (character from A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Robin Goodfellow (Puck), character in A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Shylock (character in The Merchant of Venice)
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The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth)
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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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The Romantic Art of Theodor von Holst (Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, 1994-06-11 - 1994-07-23)
3
The Romantic Art of Theodor von Holst (Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, Ltd., 1994-05-05 - 1994-06-01)
3
British Architectural Drawings (Yale Center for British Art) (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-04-21 - 1982-05-30)
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Joseph Gandy - Visionary Architect (Richard L. Feigen & Co., 2006-04-25 - 2006-07-22)
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Richard Parkes Bonington (Musée du Petit Palais, 1992-03-05 - 1992-05-17)
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Richard Parkes Bonington (Yale Center for British Art, 1991-11-13 - 1992-01-19)
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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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Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Ferdinand Riding the Waves
ca. 1830
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Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Faust and Margaret
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George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833
The Murder of Banquo
ca. 1830
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Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Sheet of Sketches
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George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833
Macbeth and Banquo on the Heath
ca. 1830
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Lysander Awakening to See Helena
1825
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Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Studies for Shylock
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff Instructing Bardolph
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff Dragging the Body of Hotspur
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Hotspur and the Plotters at Bangor
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Juliet About to Take her Sleeping Draught
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Capulet Railing at his Daughter, Juliet
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Lady Mortimer's Welsh Song
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff with Mistress Quickly and Bardolph
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Oberon and Puck
1825
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George Cressal Ellis, ca. 1810–1875
Design for setting of Charles Kean's Richard II at the Princess's Theatre on March 12, 1857, Act 1, Scene 2
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George Cressal Ellis, ca. 1810–1875
Design for Setting of Charles Kean's Richard II at the Princess's Theatre, March 12, 1857 - Act 5, Scene 2
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George Cressal Ellis, ca. 1810–1875
Design for Setting of Charles Kean's Richard II at the Princess's Theatre on March 12, 1857, Act 5, Scene 3
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George Cressal Ellis, ca. 1810–1875
Design for Setting of Charles Kean's Richard II at the Princess's Theatre on March 12, 1857 - Act 4, Scene 2
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George Cressal Ellis, ca. 1810–1875
Design for setting of Charles Kean's Richard II at the Princess's Theatre on March 12, 1857, Act 2, Scene 3
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George Cressal Ellis, ca. 1810–1875
Design for Setting of Charles Kean's Richard II at the Princess's Theatre on March 12, 1857, Act 5, Scene 4
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George Cressal Ellis, ca. 1810–1875
Design for the Setting of Charles Kean's Production of Richard II at the Princess's Theatre on March 12, 1857
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Joseph Michael Gandy, 1771–1843
A Scene in Ancient Rome: A Setting for Titus Andronicus, I, ii
ca. 1830