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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British, Lysander Awakening to See Helena, 1825
- Title:
- Lysander Awakening to See Helena
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1825
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and brown ink with brown wash and gouache over graphite with gum on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (16.5 x 10.8 cm), Image: 5 5/16 x 4 1/16 inches (13.5 x 10.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "2nd"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.3470
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- A Midsummer Night's Dream, play by William Shakespeare | cape | cloak | dress | figure study | gesturing | illusion | illusion | literary theme | love | magic | man | plays by William Shakespeare | sleeping | surprise | tricking | women | woods
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Lysander (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Helena (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream) - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14880
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Geoffrey Ashton, Shakespeare and British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, p. 47, no. 132, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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