Collection: Prints and Drawings / Period: 18th century / Associated People: Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet

1. Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard the Third - "Richard III," Act V, Scene VII

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1746
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 10 1/2in. (41.9 x 26.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

2. Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard III

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1746
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mrs. Lyall Dean, Mrs. Borden Helmer, and the Estate of Bliss Reed Crocker in memory of Mr and Mrs. Edward Bliss Reed, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

3. 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

4. "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

5. The Banquet Scene

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 8 3/16 inches (14 x 20.8 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

6. The Witches' Cavern

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: between 1792 and 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 9 3/16 inches (14.3 x 23.3 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. The Death of Juliet

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 5 5/8 inches (24.4 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

13. Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene V

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 × 16 9/16 inches (31.2 × 42 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

14. Portrait of Moses Kean

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 6 3/4 inches (22.9 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. The Duel: 'Twelfth Night,' Act III, Scene IV

Creator:: Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, red ink, black ink, brown ink, gum arabic, graphite, and white gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper, mounted on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/8 × 16 13/16 inches (56.2 × 42.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. Seventeen Sketches chiefly of Mrs. Siddons in the Roles of Titania or Constance (King John) and including a Sketch of Kemble as Hamlet and a Study of Puck

Seventeen Sketches chiefly of Mrs. Siddons in the Roles of Titania or Constance (King John) and including a Sketch of Kemble as Hamlet and a Study of Puck

Creator:: John Flaxman, 1755–1826
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Album of pen and ink sketches on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 7 3/8in. (26.7 x 18.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. 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

18. 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

19. King Lear

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Etching
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Woman 'Cleopatra'

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 8 inches (19 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. 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

22. 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

23. Shylock turn'd MacBeth...

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 7in. (24.8 x 17.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. 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

25. William Shakespeare

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches (24.8 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

26. Merchant of Venice, Act III, Sc. I

Creator:: J. Barlow, active 1791
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection

27. Much Ado About Nothing

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1798
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection

28. Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy

Creator:: Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint ( 1st state ) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/8 × 19 7/8 inches (41.6 × 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

29. 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

30. 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

31. A Memorial to Shakespeare

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 4 1/4in. (17.8 x 10.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

32. 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

33. Helena in the Dress of a Pilgrim - "All's Well That Eends Well," Act III, Scene V

Creator:: John Chapman, active ca. 1792–1823
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving and stipple engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/8 x 19in. (41.6 x 48.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

34. The Supposed Death of Imogen, 'Cymbeline,' Act IV, Scene IV

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Cheesman, 1760–1834/35
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving and stipple engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 19in. (41.9 x 48.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

35. ...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

36. 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

37. Falstaff's Escape - "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Act IV, Scene II

Creator:: John Chapman, active ca. 1792–1823
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving and stipple engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 20in. (43.2 x 50.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

38. Falstaff's Escape - "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Act IV, Scene II

Creator:: John Chapman, active ca. 1792–1823
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

39. William Sommers, King Henry VIII's Jester

Creator:: Print made by R. Clamp, fl.1789–1798
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Colored stipple engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 5 inches (16.5 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

40. A Fancy Sketch, to the Memory of Shakespeare

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching
Dimensions:: Image: 6 3/4 x 9 7/8in. (17.1 x 25.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

41. Florizel and Autolicus - "Winter's Tale"

Creator:: Benjamin Duterreau, 1767–1851
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving and stipple engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 19in. (41.9 x 48.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

42. Shakespear Chair

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, tone left on plate
Dimensions:: Image: 6 1/2 x 1 1/2in. (16.5 x 3.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

43. Beatrice Listening to Hero and Ursula - "Much Ado About Nothing", Act III, Scene I

Creator:: John Jones, ca. 1745–1797
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 x 18in. (55.9 x 45.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

44. Mr. H. E. Johnston in the Character of Hamlet

Creator:: John Kay, 1742–1826
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 3/4in. (21 x 17.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

45. Mrs. Siddons in the Character of the Tragic-Muse

Creator:: Francis Haward, 1759–1797
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving and stipple engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 3/4 x 18in. (62.9 x 45.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

46. 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

47. Edgar, "King Lear", Act III, Scene III

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 13in. (40.6 x 33cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

48. Mr. Frodsham in the Character of Hamlet

Creator:: Edward Williams, c.1750–1800
Date:: ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 6 3/4in. (22.2 x 17.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

49. Continuation of the Procession of Shakespeare's Characters

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 x 7in. (10.5 x 17.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

50. Cassandra, "Troilus and Cressida", Act II, Scene IV

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving, oval image
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 11 1/4in. (34.3 x 28.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

51. Lady Christiana Collier (née Gwyn)

Creator:: Print made by George Graham, active 1786–1813
Date:: between 1760 and 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/16 × 10 3/16 inches (36 × 25.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Mrs. Siddons in the Character of the Tragic Muse

Creator:: Francis Haward, 1759–1797
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving
Dimensions:: Plate: 23 3/4 x 18in. (60.3 x 45.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Honorable Mrs. Tollemache in the Character of Miranda

Creator:: John Jones, ca. 1745–1797
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 1/8 × 15 inches (61.3 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Three Children of Henry VII and Elizabeth His Queen, Prince Arthur, Prince Henry and Princess Margaret

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 9/16 × 23 5/16 inches (49.7 × 59.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. 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

56. "King Lear", Act V, Scene III

Creator:: Francis Legat, 1755–1809
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 13/16 × 28 inches (55.4 × 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

57. The Poet, "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Act V, Scene I

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 12 7/16in. (39.4 x 31.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

58. Macbeth and the Witches

Creator:: William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

59. Rosalind, Celia and Orlando - "As You Like It", Act III, Scene II

Creator:: Charles Gauthier Playter, died 1809
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 x 14 9/16in. (36.5 x 37cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

60. Falstaff Reproved by King Henry

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving and stipple engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 x 17 9/16in. (35.2 x 44.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

61. Mr. Garrick in the Character of King Lear - "King Lear", Act III, Scene V

Creator:: Charles Spooner, c.1720–1767
Date:: 1761
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 14in. (25.4 x 35.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

62. Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Sir Toby Belch and the Clown - "Twelfth Night", Act II, Scene III

Creator:: Peltro W. Tomkins, 1760–1840
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 × 19 1/4 inches (42.2 × 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

63. 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

64. Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy (David Garrick)

Creator:: Richard Purcell, active 1746–1766
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 15 15/16 inches (35.2 × 40.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Mr. Garrick in the Character of Kitely

Creator:: John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 9/16 × 12 5/16 inches (42.1 × 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 × 3 1/8 inches (14.6 × 7.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. 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

68. Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act I, Sc. II

Creator:: William Angus, 1752–1821
Date:: 1790
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection

69. 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

70. The Tempest, Act I Sc. 3

Creator:: Print made by William Sharp, 1749–1824
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection

71. 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

72. King John

Creator:: William Wynne Ryland, 1732–1783
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. William Shakespeare

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1719
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 24 × 17 1/4 inches (61 × 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Twelve etchings of Characters from Shakespeare: 8) Bardolph, from Henry IV, Act II, Scene 9 (Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968 - number 79)

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 13 3/4in. (43.2 x 34.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Shakespeare Illustration: "Measure for Measure"

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 4 inches (16.2 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942

76. Shakespeare Illustration: "Henry VIII"

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 4 inches (16.5 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942

77. Taming of the Shrew, Act II Scene II

Creator:: Peter Simon, 1750–1810
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 7/16 × 28 inches (57 × 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. The Winter's Tale, Act IV, Scene III

Creator:: Print made by James Fittler, 1758–1835
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Plate: 19 3/8 x 24 7/8in. (49.2 x 63.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. The Tempest, Act V, Scene I

Creator:: Print made by Caroline Watson, 1760–1814
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 3/4 × 18 7/8 inches (62.9 × 47.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Troilus and Cressida, Act 4, Scene II

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving, aquatint, and brown wash
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. David Garrick in the Character of 'Kitely'

Creator:: John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 13/16 inches (37.8 × 27.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. King Henry VI, Part II, Act III, Scene III

Creator:: Print made by Caroline Watson, 1760–1814
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of John Gerli, B.A. 1932

83. Miss Farren in the Character of Hermione

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 3/8 x 16 1/4 inches (61.9 x 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Imogen's Bedchamber in Cymbeline's Palace, 'Cymbeline,' Act II, Scene II

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 13/16 x 16 3/4 inches (32.5 x 42.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Shakespeare's Prophecy, the Last Act by One in the Tempest, or the Jack Daws in Borrowed Feathers (from: Caricature, vol. 3)

Creator:: Isaac Cruikshank, 1764–1811
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 17in. (25.4 x 43.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Shakespeare's Winter Tale Act III Scene III

Creator:: Samuel Middiman, ca. 1750–1831
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/8 × 26 9/16 inches (54.3 × 67.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Mr. Garrick in the Charakter (sic) of Richard the 3D

Creator:: Charles Grignion, 1717–1810
Date:: 1746
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 x 19 3/4in. (38.4 x 50.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Prospero on the Enchanted Island

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Etching & aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 11in. (21 x 27.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Launce and His Dog Crab

Creator:: Published by William Holland, 1757–1815
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/16 x 11 13/16in. (26.5 x 30cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. Garrick, In the Character of Abel Drugger

Creator:: Samuel William Reynolds, 1773–1835
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 1/8 x 15 7/8 inches (58.7 x 40.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. David Garrick as Sir John Brute in Act IV, the Drunken Scene, in Vanburgh's 'The Provok'd Wife'

Creator:: John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:: 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 5/8 x 22 5/8 inches (47.3 x 57.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Pritchard, in the Tragedy of 'Macbeth.' Act II. Scene III.

Creator:: Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 7/8 x 23 1/4 inches (47.9 x 59.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. The Monster Broke Loose - or - A Peep into the Shakespeare - Gallery

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 9in. (30.5 x 22.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Shakespeare's Tomb

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 11 3/4in. (41.9 x 29.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. The Birth of Shakespeare

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Anthony and Cleopatra, Act 3, Scene II

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving and brown wash
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. King Lear, Act 4, Scene VII

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving, aquatint, and brown wash
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. As You Like It, Act IV, Orlando and Oliver

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving, and ething
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Troilus and Crssida, Act 3, Scene II

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, aquatint, and brown wash
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. Macbeth, Act I, Scene II

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard the Third - "Richard III," Act V, Scene VII

2. Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard III

3. Prospero and Miranda

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

5. The Banquet Scene

6. The Witches' Cavern

7. Standing Figure, Probably for Lady Macbeth

8. Miranda, Prospero, and Caliban: The Tempest

9. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

10. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

11. John Henderson as Falstaff

12. The Death of Juliet

13. Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene V

14. Portrait of Moses Kean

15. The Duel: 'Twelfth Night,' Act III, Scene IV

16. Seventeen Sketches chiefly of Mrs. Siddons in the Roles of Titania or Constance (King John) and including a Sketch of Kemble as Hamlet and a Study of Puck

17. Falstaff Inspecting the Recruits

18. Macbeth and the Witches

19. King Lear

20. Woman 'Cleopatra'

21. Study for Burying the Royal Children

22. Literary Characters Assembled Around the Medallion of Shakespeare

23. Shylock turn'd MacBeth...

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

25. William Shakespeare

26. Merchant of Venice, Act III, Sc. I

27. Much Ado About Nothing

28. Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy

29. David Garrick as Richard III

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

31. A Memorial to Shakespeare

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

33. Helena in the Dress of a Pilgrim - "All's Well That Eends Well," Act III, Scene V

34. The Supposed Death of Imogen, 'Cymbeline,' Act IV, Scene IV

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

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

37. Falstaff's Escape - "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Act IV, Scene II

38. Falstaff's Escape - "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Act IV, Scene II

39. William Sommers, King Henry VIII's Jester

40. A Fancy Sketch, to the Memory of Shakespeare

41. Florizel and Autolicus - "Winter's Tale"

42. Shakespear Chair

43. Beatrice Listening to Hero and Ursula - "Much Ado About Nothing", Act III, Scene I

44. Mr. H. E. Johnston in the Character of Hamlet

45. Mrs. Siddons in the Character of the Tragic-Muse

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

47. Edgar, "King Lear", Act III, Scene III

48. Mr. Frodsham in the Character of Hamlet

49. Continuation of the Procession of Shakespeare's Characters

50. Cassandra, "Troilus and Cressida", Act II, Scene IV

51. Lady Christiana Collier (née Gwyn)

52. Mrs. Siddons in the Character of the Tragic Muse

53. Honorable Mrs. Tollemache in the Character of Miranda

54. Three Children of Henry VII and Elizabeth His Queen, Prince Arthur, Prince Henry and Princess Margaret

55. Hamlet in Scotland

56. "King Lear", Act V, Scene III

57. The Poet, "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Act V, Scene I

58. Macbeth and the Witches

59. Rosalind, Celia and Orlando - "As You Like It", Act III, Scene II

60. Falstaff Reproved by King Henry

61. Mr. Garrick in the Character of King Lear - "King Lear", Act III, Scene V

62. Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Sir Toby Belch and the Clown - "Twelfth Night", Act II, Scene III

63. The Three Witches

64. Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy (David Garrick)

65. Mr. Garrick in the Character of Kitely

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

67. Juliet

68. Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act I, Sc. II

69. Literary Characters Assembled around the Medallion of Shakespeare

70. The Tempest, Act I Sc. 3

71. Virgilia and Volumnia Plead with Coriolanus

72. King John

73. William Shakespeare