Materials & Techniques: laid paper / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Subject Terms: literary theme

1. The Cypress Grove

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: plate etched between ca. 1880 and 1883; impression printed in 1924
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 15/16 x 12 1/16 inches (27.8 x 30.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The Bellman

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1879
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/16 x 16 7/8 inches (28.4 x 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The Homeward Star

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: begun ca. 1880
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 9 5/16 inches (16.8 x 23.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Homeward Star

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: etching begun ca. 1880; impression printed in 1924
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thin, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 x 9 1/2 inches (16.4 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. The Sepulchre

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: etching begun ca. 1800; impression printed in 1924
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/16 x 12 13/16 inches (24 x 32.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. The Homeward Star

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: etching begun ca. 1880; impression printed in 1924
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/16 x 9 1/16 inches (15.7 x 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Homeward Star

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: etching begun ca. 1880; impression printed in 1924
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 x 12 15/16 inches (27.4 x 32.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Moeris and Galatea

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: plate etched between 1880 and 1883; impression printed in 1924
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone, retouched with white watercolor, gouache or chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/16 x 13 13/16 inches (29.1 x 35.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The Lonely Tower

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1879
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 14 1/4 inches (26.4 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. The Lonely Tower

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1879
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 14 1/16 inches (26.1 x 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

11. The Sepulchre

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: between 1880 and 1883
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 x 14 3/8 inches (25.3 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

12. Moeris and Galatea

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1880-1883
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 14 1/2in. (25.4 x 36.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

13. Aesacus and Hesperie

Creator:: Etched and engraved by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 10 1/4 inches (17.8 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Apuleia in Search of Apuleius

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1813 and 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink Engraver's proof (f) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 17 inches (29.8 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Prospero and Miranda

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 5/16 x 13 5/8 inches (51.6 x 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

16. "Lear in the Storm," King Lear, Act III, Scene II

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches (19.7 x 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

17. Daphnis and Chloe

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches (11.1 x 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

18. Standing Figure, Probably for Lady Macbeth

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 3 7/8 inches (16.5 x 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery

19. Miranda, Prospero, and Caliban: The Tempest

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 22 1/8 inches (39.4 x 56.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

20. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: between 1774 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 19 5/16 inches (30.7 x 49 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

21. Sketch for Canidia and the Youth

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches (15.6 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery

22. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 x 19 5/16 inches (38 x 49 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

23. John Henderson as Falstaff

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Gray ink and gray wash with pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (39.3 x 31.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

24. Tempest, Version A

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches (15.6 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery

25. Abandonment and Rescue of Perdita from "The Winter's Tale" (Tampered with but Not Fake)

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 20 5/8 inches (38.1 x 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery

26. Satan Approaching the Court of Chaos

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1784 to 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with pen and gray ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches (23.5 x 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Tiriel Supporting the Dying Myratana and Cursing His Sons

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1786 to 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with gray wash and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 3/4 inches (18.7 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. The Gambols of Ghosts According with Their Affections Previous to the Final Judgement

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1805 to 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/16 × 12 1/2 inches (46.2 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

29. 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

30. 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

31. Scene from Quentin Durward

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with brown and gray wash over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 8 1/2 × 11 1/4 inches (21.6 × 28.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Falstaff Inspecting the Recruits

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: between 1761 and 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 9 5/8 inches (18.8 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Ceres and Abas: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 5

Creator:: Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:: ca. 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 5 11/16 x 8 3/4 inches (14.5 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

34. Gulliver Bound by the Lilliputians

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, rough, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 6 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (17.5 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Celadon and Amelia from Thomson's 'The Seasons'

Creator:: Alexander Runciman, 1736–1785
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 9 3/8 inches (15.6 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Sheet of Sketches

Creator:: Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: pen and brown ink and graphite on thin, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 14 3/8 inches (24.1 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda

Creator:: Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with black chalk and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 7 1/8 inches (21.9 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

38. Macbeth and the Witches

Creator:: James Northcote, 1746–1831
Date:: between 1777 and 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches (32.4 x 41.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

39. Falstaff at Herne's Oak

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink, oil, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 9 5/8 inches (15.6 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Illustration to Homer's Iliad

Creator:: Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:: 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches (13.7 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Mr. Edwin and Mrs. Wells in the Characters of Lingo and Cowslip

Creator:: Print made by Hugh Downman, d. 1789
Date:: ca. 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper, pasted on mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 × 13 1/4 inches (48.2 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Mefistofile II

Creator:: George Augustus Sala, 1828–1895
Date:: 1880
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 11/16 × 9 1/2 inches (19.5 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

43. Study for Burying the Royal Children

Creator:: James Northcote, 1746–1831
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 11 1/4 inches (43.2 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

44. Literary Characters Assembled Around the Medallion of Shakespeare

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches (21 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Illustration to Beaumont and Fletcher

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 4 inches (17.5 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Illustration to the Virtuous Orphan

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 2 7/8 inches (11.7 × 7.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Prospero and Ariel

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash and gouache over graphite with gum on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches (15 x 12 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Falstaff in the Boar's Head

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Oil with brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches (19.7 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Head of a Man with a Beard and Long Hair in the Wind

Creator:: Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with black ink and brown wash, verso: pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, light blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 5 5/8 inches (16.8 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Thomas Weston as Spy in Bates "The Rival Candidates"

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 4 3/8 inches (15.9 × 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Comedies

Creator:: Print made by John Hall, 1739–1797
Date:: ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 3 9/16 inches (16.9 × 9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker

52. Miss Kitty Fisher as 'Cleopatra Dissolving the Pearl'

Creator:: Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: between 1752 and 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/16 x 9 3/8 inches (34.2 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

53. Miss Crockatt as Julia de Roubigné

Creator:: Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 13/16 x 11 7/16 inches (37.7 x 29 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

54. Phoebe Hoppner as Caroline de Lichtfield

Creator:: Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 x 11 9/16 inches (36.3 x 29.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

55. David Garrick as Richard III

Creator:: Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/4 × 17 1/8 inches (66.7 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

56. Mrs. Gwynne and Mrs. Bunbury in the Characters of the Merry Wives of Windsor

Creator:: Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 × 11 5/16 inches (31.2 × 28.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

57. La Signora Zamperini in the Character of Cecchina

Creator:: Print made by John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/16 x 11 5/16 inches (39.2 x 28.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

58. Ophelia: There Is Rue for You and Here's Some for Me

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 x 8 7/8 inches (28.7 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

59. ...in ein Nonnen Kloster geh: 'Hamlet,' Act III, Scene IX

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 3 3/4 inches (16.4 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

60. Seht Ihr denn nichts hier: 'Hamlet,' Act IV, Scene II

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 4 inches (16.3 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

61. Mr. Macklin and Mrs. Pope in the Characters of Shylock and Portia

Creator:: William Nutter, 1754–1802
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, etching, and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/16 x 16 1/4 inches (56.1 x 41.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

62. 'Henry IV, Part I,' Act II, Scene II

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 2 3/8 inches (10.2 × 6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

63. 'Henry IV, Part I,' Act II, Scene IV

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/16 × 2 3/8 inches (10.3 × 6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

64. 'Henry IV, Part I,' Act II, Scene III

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/16 × 2 3/8 inches (10.3 × 6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

65. 'Henry IV, Part I,' Act II, Scene II

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 2 1/2 inches (10.2 × 6.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

66. 'Henry IV, Part I,' Act III, Scene III

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 × 2 1/2 inches (10.5 × 6.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

67. 'Henry IV, Part I,' Act II, Scene IV

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 2 5/8 inches (10.2 × 6.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

68. 'Henry IV, Part I,' Act V, Scene IV

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/16 × 2 3/8 inches (10.3 × 6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

69. 'Henry IV, Part I,' Act IV, Scene II

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 2 3/8 inches (10.2 × 6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

70. Hamlet in Scotland

Creator:: Print made by Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches (28.6 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

71. The Three Witches

Creator:: Peltro W. Tomkins, 1760–1840
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 10 3/16 inches (24.2 × 25.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

72. 'Henry IV, Part I,' Act II, Scene IV

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/16 x 2 3/8 inches (10.3 x 6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

73. 'Henry IV, Part I,' Act III, Scene III

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/16 × 2 1/2 inches (10.3 × 6.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

74. 'Henry IV, Part I,' Act II, Scene IV

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/16 × 2 9/16 inches (10.3 × 6.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

75. 'Henry IV, Part I,' Act V, Scene I

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/16 x 2 3/8 inches (10.3 x 6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

76. The Death of Dido

Creator:: Joseph Grozer, ca. 1755–1798
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 5/8 × 23 9/16 inches (49.8 × 59.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Kitty Clive as Lady Easy in "The Careless Husband"

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1739
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 inches (27.6 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

78. Sylvio and Dorinda

Creator:: Print made by William Faithorne the Younger, ca. 1669–1703
Date:: between 1752 and 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/16 x 14 1/8 inches (26.2 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

79. Pamela and Philoclea

Creator:: Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: ca. 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 8 inches (22.3 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

80. Juliet

Creator:: Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1750–ca.1790
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 x 14 1/8 inches (53.4 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

81. Mrs. Siddons, in the Character of the Tragic Muse

Creator:: Print made by Francis Haward, 1759–1797
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, etching and stipple engraving (first state) on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 28 × 20 inches (71.1 × 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

82. Literary Characters Assembled around the Medallion of Shakespeare

Creator:: Print made by Lydia Bates, active 1784
Date:: ca. 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 16 9/16 inches (28.5 x 42 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

83. Sigismonda

Creator:: Print made by John Blackmore, active 1740–1780
Date:: between 1769 and 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 12 13/16 inches (42.8 x 32.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

84. Sylvio and Dorinda

Creator:: Print made by William Faithorne the Younger, ca. 1669–1703
Date:: between 1680 and 1703
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 12 5/8 inches (23.1 × 32 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

85. Lucilia

Creator:: Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/16 x 7 13/16 inches (26.5 x 19.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

86. Edwin

Creator:: Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 3/16 inches (30.1 x 23.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

87. Don Ferdinand

Creator:: Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches (37.2 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

88. Burchell Reading the Ballad

Creator:: Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 x 10 1/16 inches (36.5 x 25.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

89. Don Ferdinand

Creator:: Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/16 x 11 3/4 inches (43.6 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

90. Clara

Creator:: Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 x 11 9/16 inches (44.2 x 29.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

91. Angelina

Creator:: Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 x 10 3/16 inches (33.4 x 25.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

92. George Primrose

Creator:: Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (36.8 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

93. Edwin

Creator:: Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/16 x 10 1/16 inches (36 x 25.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

94. Oberon and Puck

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 6 7/16 inches (19.1 x 16.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. Dog and the Shadow

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Bewick, 1753–1828
Date:: 1909
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/16 x 4 1/8 inches (8.1 x 10.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Launce with his Dog Crab

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: ca. 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 6 1/2in. (20.6 x 16.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Virgilia and Volumnia Plead with Coriolanus

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 12 1/8 inches (29.8 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Taming of the Shrew

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/8 x 11 5/8 inches (43.5 x 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Study for "Gulliver's Travels"

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted to medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 9 1/4 inches (21.6 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Professor Robert Halsband

100. The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth Stabbing Duncan

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on moderately thick, textured, brown laid paper pasted on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 11/16 × 9 9/16 inches (14.4 × 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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35. Celadon and Amelia from Thomson's 'The Seasons'

36. Sheet of Sketches

37. Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda

38. Macbeth and the Witches

39. Falstaff at Herne's Oak

40. Illustration to Homer's Iliad

41. Mr. Edwin and Mrs. Wells in the Characters of Lingo and Cowslip

42. Mefistofile II

43. Study for Burying the Royal Children

44. Literary Characters Assembled Around the Medallion of Shakespeare

45. Illustration to Beaumont and Fletcher

46. Illustration to the Virtuous Orphan

47. Prospero and Ariel

48. Falstaff in the Boar's Head

49. Head of a Man with a Beard and Long Hair in the Wind

50. Thomas Weston as Spy in Bates "The Rival Candidates"

51. Comedies

52. Miss Kitty Fisher as 'Cleopatra Dissolving the Pearl'

53. Miss Crockatt as Julia de Roubigné

54. Phoebe Hoppner as Caroline de Lichtfield

55. David Garrick as Richard III

56. Mrs. Gwynne and Mrs. Bunbury in the Characters of the Merry Wives of Windsor

57. La Signora Zamperini in the Character of Cecchina

58. Ophelia: There Is Rue for You and Here's Some for Me

59. ...in ein Nonnen Kloster geh: 'Hamlet,' Act III, Scene IX

60. Seht Ihr denn nichts hier: 'Hamlet,' Act IV, Scene II

61. Mr. Macklin and Mrs. Pope in the Characters of Shylock and Portia

62. 'Henry IV, Part I,' Act II, Scene II

63. 'Henry IV, Part I,' Act II, Scene IV

64. 'Henry IV, Part I,' Act II, Scene III

65. 'Henry IV, Part I,' Act II, Scene II

66. 'Henry IV, Part I,' Act III, Scene III

67. 'Henry IV, Part I,' Act II, Scene IV

68. 'Henry IV, Part I,' Act V, Scene IV

69. 'Henry IV, Part I,' Act IV, Scene II

70. Hamlet in Scotland

71. The Three Witches

72. 'Henry IV, Part I,' Act II, Scene IV

73. 'Henry IV, Part I,' Act III, Scene III