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1. Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest"

Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest"
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
27 3/4 x 36 3/8 inches (70.5 x 92.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view

2. Procession of Characters from Shakespeare's Plays

Procession of Characters from Shakespeare's Plays
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on board
Dimensions:
12 1/4 x 54 1/4 inches (31.1 x 137.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view

3. Cordelia Championed by the Earl of Kent, from Shakespeare's "King Lear," I, i

Cordelia Championed by the Earl of Kent, from Shakespeare's "King Lear," I, i
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
between 1770 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
41 1/8 x 50 1/2 inches (104.5 x 128.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view

4. Dr. Syntax: Walking with a Stick

Dr. Syntax: Walking with a Stick
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1810
Materials & Techniques:
Pearlware figure
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6in. (15.2cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

5. Falstaff reproved by King Henry

Falstaff reproved by King Henry
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
1792
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection

6. Alcibiades and Timon

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

7. Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (one of four)

Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (one of four)
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 8 1/2 inches (35.9 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphis (four of four)

Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphis (four of four)
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 × 8 3/8 inches (35.6 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Lear in the Storm

Lear in the Storm
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with gouache and scraping, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, peach wove paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:
Contemporary drawn border: 30 1/16 x 24 15/16 inches (76.3 x 63.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (two of four)

Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (two of four)
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 8 3/8 inches (35.9 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (three of four)

Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (three of four)
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 8 1/2 inches (35.9 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. The Death of Cordelia

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

13. Robin Hood and Clarinda hunting deer in a wooded landscape

Robin Hood and Clarinda hunting deer in a wooded landscape
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/4 × 3 1/8 inches (13.3 × 7.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Mr. Kean as Othello

Mr. Kean as Othello
Creator:
unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 x 8in. (24.1 x 20.3cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. The Young Roscius

The Young Roscius
Creator:
Print made by unknown artist
Date:
1804
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with hand coloring on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 5/8 × 11 1/8 inches (34.6 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. The Golden Bough

The Golden Bough
Creator:
Print made by unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Apollo and Daphne in the Vale of Tempe

Apollo and Daphne in the Vale of Tempe
Creator:
Print made by unknown artist
Date:
1879
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. King Henry VI, Second Part, Act 3, Scene 3

King Henry VI, Second Part, Act 3, Scene 3
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
1801
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 5/8 × 13 inches (42.2 × 33 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Sir Richard Steele

Sir Richard Steele
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca.1733
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/16 × 6 1/8 inches (21.4 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts
Creator:
Simon François Ravenet, 1706–1774
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 6 11/16 inches (23.2 × 17 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Bay of Baiæ - Apollo and the Sibyl

The Bay of Baiæ - Apollo and the Sibyl
Creator:
Print made by unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Pilgrimage of Childe Harold

The Pilgrimage of Childe Harold
Creator:
Print made by unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore

Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving, and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/2 × 7 11/16 inches (26.7 × 19.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Canonbury Tower, Islington, Middlesex Formerly the Residence of Oliver Goldsmith

Canonbury Tower, Islington, Middlesex Formerly the Residence of Oliver Goldsmith
Creator:
Print made by unknown artist
Date:
1850
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving and stipple
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker

25. Grandpapa's Story or The Witches Frolick

Grandpapa's Story or The Witches Frolick
Creator:
Print made by unknown artist
Date:
1838
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 × 5 11/16 inches (23.5 × 14.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

26. Mrs. Yates in the Character of Medea

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

27. The Death of Juliet

The Death of Juliet
Creator:
Print made by unknown artist
Date:
unknown
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches (24.4 x 14 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

28. Damon and Pythias

Damon and Pythias
Creator:
Print made by Frederick Bacon, 1803–1887
Date:
1835
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Frontispiece to Volume II of a Book, Woman pointing to a Tablet on which is written "Sanchos letters"

Frontispiece to Volume II of a Book, Woman pointing to a Tablet on which is written "Sanchos letters"
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1782
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Tancred and Erminia

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

31. Jane Shore

Jane Shore
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches (22.2 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 7/8 × 4 3/8 inches (12.4 × 11.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Jane Shore

Jane Shore
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/8 × 5 1/2 inches (18.1 × 14 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Shakespeare Illustration: "Measure for Measure"

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

35. Shakespeare Illustration: "Henry VIII"

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

36. Venus and Cupid

Venus and Cupid
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash and gray wash and gouache on medium, moderately textured, gray wove paper mounted to medium slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 11 1/4 inches (19.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Professor Richard L. Purdy

37. Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban

Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 × 10 inches (35.6 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban

Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
1627
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/16 × 4 1/4 inches (17.9 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Oliver Goldsmith and Canonbury Tower, Isington, Middlesex

Oliver Goldsmith and Canonbury Tower, Isington, Middlesex
Creator:
J. Rogers, active ca.1825–ca.1842
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/4 x 5 1/16in. (19.7 x 12.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Sophia and Olivia

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

41. The Humrous Farce of Jobson and Nell

The Humrous Farce of Jobson and Nell
Creator:
Print made by unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1743
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Plate: 6 3/4 × 10 1/2 inches (17.2 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Soldier Kneeling On A Stone Embracing a Woman, Soldiers in Background

Soldier Kneeling On A Stone Embracing a Woman, Soldiers in Background
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Venus Presenting Armour to Aeneas

Venus Presenting Armour to Aeneas
Creator:
Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 × 13 1/16 inches (25.4 × 33.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

44. Falstaff Reproved by King Henry

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

45. Edmund Spenser

Edmund Spenser
Creator:
George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:
1727
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving, line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 7/8 × 9 15/16 inches (37.8 × 25.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Sir Richard Steele

Sir Richard Steele
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca.1733
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 10 1/2 × 7 3/16 inches (26.7 × 18.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. The Alto Relievo

The Alto Relievo
Creator:
Benjamin Smith, 1775–1833
Date:
1796
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 30 1/4 × 20 7/8 inches (76.8 × 53 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Infant Shakespeare, wih Comedy and Tragedy

Infant Shakespeare, wih Comedy and Tragedy
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Brown wash and graphite; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 5/8 x 9 1/8 inches (14.3 x 23.2 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

49. Troilus and Cessida: Six Women on the Walls of Illion

Troilus and Cessida: Six Women on the Walls of Illion
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/4 × 7 7/8 inches (15.9 × 20 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

50. A Midsummer Night's Dream: Three Figures

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Three Figures
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 7/8 × 6 3/8 inches (20 × 16.2 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery