Period: 18th century-19th century / Genre: literary theme / Work Type: watercolor / Image Use: Free to Use

1. An Illustration to Rob Roy: Interior with a Party Drinking

Creator:: William Henry Pyne, 1769–1843
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 7 5/16 inches (11.7 × 18.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Prospero Summoning Ariel

Creator:: William Young Ottley, 1771–1836
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gouache, white chalk, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/16 x 8 1/8 inches (31.6 x 20.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Alcibiades and Timon

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/16 × 10 5/16 inches (28.1 × 26.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

4. Nature unveils herself to the infant Shakespeare: Thomas Gray, The Progress of Poesy, III.1

Creator:: William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite with scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 9 inches (29.8 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

5. Title page for "The Guardian"

Creator:: Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 4 1/2 inches (15.2 × 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Greatheart's Battle with Grim

Creator:: Richard Westall, 1765–1836
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 × 4 inches (12.4 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. MacBeth: The Banquet Scene - MacBeth, Act II, Scene IV

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on thin, smooth, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 9 inches (22.9 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. The Sleepwalking Scene in Macbeth

Creator:: Henry Pierce Bone, 1779–1855
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, graphite and traces of white gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches (50.5 x 35.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. The Death of Cordelia

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, red crayon, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 9 3/4 inches (30.5 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. Falstaff Carrying Dead Hotspur

Creator:: Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, gouache, and gum arabic on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 3/8 x 20 1/4 inches (41.6 x 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

11. Launce Teaching His Dog Crab

Creator:: Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, red chalk, black chalk, graphite, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 5/16 x 20 3/8 inches (41.5 x 51.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. Falstaff Disguised as Herne

Creator:: John Massey Wright, 1777–1866
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 10 3/16 inches (28.9 x 25.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

13. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

Creator:: Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 11/16 × 3 15/16 inches (17 × 10 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

Creator:: Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/16 × 3 15/16 inches (16 × 10 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

Creator:: Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, brown wash, and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 3 1/16 inches (12.1 × 7.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. Skech for Timon of Athens

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 5 1/8 × 9 7/16 inches (13 × 24 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Study of a Roman Banquet Scene

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/16 × 4 1/2 inches (13.2 × 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Lady Jane Grey

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, oil, and pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 9 inches (30.5 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Study of a Soldier Attacking a Woman

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/16 × 4 1/2 inches (13.5 × 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Scene from Don Quixote

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, graphite, and varnish, with scratching out; squared for transfer on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Image: 8 3/8 × 6 3/8 inches (21.3 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

Creator:: Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 3 3/4 inches (16.2 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

22. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

Creator:: Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 9/16 × 5 5/8 inches (9 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. Scene from the play, "The Careless Husband"

Creator:: Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 1/4 inches (14 × 8.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

Creator:: Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 15/16 × 6 11/16 inches (10 × 17 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

25. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

Creator:: Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slight textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 3 3/4 inches (14.9 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

26. Viola nach Shakespeare von Deinhardstein - Costume Bild zur Theatrezeitung

Creator:: Andreas Geiger, 1765–1856
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/16 x 12 1/16 inches (24 x 30.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

27. The Rustics Perform from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Creator:: John Massey Wright, 1777–1866
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 11/16 x 9 9/16 inches (14.4 x 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

28. Mrs. Yates in the Character of Medea

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 x 10 1/4 inches (38.1 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

29. Castle of Udolpho

Creator:: Rev. William Warren Porter, 1776–1804
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 16 inches (27 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Edward Porter Street, Jr., Yale BE 1945W

30. Illustration to Fielding's Amelia

Creator:: George Chinnery, 1774–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, brown ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 5 1/8 inches (9.5 × 13 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Theatrical Figures About a Throne

Creator:: Richard Westall, 1765–1836
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 × 23 3/4 inches (48.3 × 60.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

32. Illustration to Milton's Paradise Lost: Adam and Eve Guarded by the Angels

Creator:: John Flaxman, 1755–1826
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches (11.4 x 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Fluellen Forcing Pistol to Eat His Leek

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 × 10 1/8 inches (35.6 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. An Illustration to Rob Roy: Interior with a Party Drinking

2. Prospero Summoning Ariel

3. Alcibiades and Timon

4. Nature unveils herself to the infant Shakespeare: Thomas Gray, The Progress of Poesy, III.1

5. Title page for "The Guardian"

6. Greatheart's Battle with Grim

7. MacBeth: The Banquet Scene - MacBeth, Act II, Scene IV

8. The Sleepwalking Scene in Macbeth

9. The Death of Cordelia

10. Falstaff Carrying Dead Hotspur

11. Launce Teaching His Dog Crab

12. Falstaff Disguised as Herne

13. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

14. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

15. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

16. Skech for Timon of Athens

17. Study of a Roman Banquet Scene

18. Lady Jane Grey

19. Study of a Soldier Attacking a Woman

20. Scene from Don Quixote

21. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

22. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

23. Scene from the play, "The Careless Husband"

24. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

25. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

26. Viola nach Shakespeare von Deinhardstein - Costume Bild zur Theatrezeitung

27. The Rustics Perform from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

28. Mrs. Yates in the Character of Medea

29. Castle of Udolpho

30. Illustration to Fielding's Amelia

31. Theatrical Figures About a Throne

32. Illustration to Milton's Paradise Lost: Adam and Eve Guarded by the Angels

33. Fluellen Forcing Pistol to Eat His Leek