Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund / Genre: literary theme / Image Use: Free to Use

1. Portia and Shylock, from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice", IV, i

Creator:: Edward Alcock, active 1750–ca. 1778
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 x 20 inches (66 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

2. Shylock and Jessica from the 'Merchant of Venice,' II, ii

Creator:: Gilbert Stuart Newton, 1794–1835
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 x 29 1/2 inches (88.9 x 74.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

3. Children Acting the 'Play Scene' from "Hamlet," Act II, Scene ii

Creator:: Charles Hunt, 1803–1877
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 26 inches (45.7 x 66 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

4. Master Betty as Hamlet, before a Bust of Shakespeare

Creator:: James Northcote, 1746–1831
Date:: between 1804 and 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 x 16 inches (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

5. 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

6. The Seven Ages of Man: The Pantaloon, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

7. The Seven Ages of Man: The Infant, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and ink and oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

8. The Seven Ages of Man: The Schoolboy, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

9. The Seven Ages of Man: The Soldier, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

10. The Seven Ages of Man: The Justice, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

11. Shylock and Tubal from "The Merchant of Venice"

Creator:: Herbert Stoppelaer, active 1730–1775
Date:: 1767 to 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 1/2 x 28 3/4 inches (59.7 x 73 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

12. Olivia, Maria and Malvolio from "Twelfth Night," Act III, Scene iv

Creator:: Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1763–1840
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 62 1/8 x 86 7/8 inches (157.8 x 220.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

13. The First Appearance of William Shakespeare on the Stage of the Globe Theatre

Creator:: George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1864 to 1865
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 7/8 x 21 7/8 inches (70.8 x 55.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

14. Oberon and Titania from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Act IV, Scene i

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: 5 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (14.6 x 14 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

15. Puck and Fairies, from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Creator:: Joseph Noel Paton, 1821–1901
Date:: ca. 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 10 3/8 x 12 1/4 inches (26.4 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

16. The Seven Ages of Man: The Lover, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

17. The Lady of Shalott

Creator:: Walter Crane, 1845–1915
Date:: 1862
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (24.1 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

18. Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest," Act I, scene ii

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: ca. 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions:: 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (21 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

19. Herne's Oak from 'The Merry Wives of Windsor,' V, v

Creator:: George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: ca. 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 48 inches (91.4 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

20. 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

21. The Seven Ages of Man: Second Childishness, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and ink and oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

22. The Return of Othello, 'Othello,' Act II, Scene II

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: ca. 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions:: 8 1/4 x 10 inches (21 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

23. Falstaff with the Body of Hotspur

Creator:: Attributed to Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: ca. 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper
Dimensions:: 12 x 11 1/4 inches (30.5 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

24. 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

25. Falstaff at Herne's Oak, from "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Act V, Scene v

Creator:: James Stephanoff, 1787–1874
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 17 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches (44.5 x 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

26. Falstaff and the recruits, from "Henry IV, Part II"

Creator:: John Cawse, 1779–1862
Date:: ca. 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/4 x 33 1/4 inches (64.1 x 84.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

27. Buck Washing on Datchet Mead from 'The Merry Wives of Windsor,' III, v

Creator:: John S. Clifton, active 1852–1869
Date:: 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 30 x 24 inches (76.2 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

28. Jaques and the Wounded Stag: 'As You Like It,' Act II, Scene I

Creator:: Landscape by William Hodges, 1744–1797
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 1/4 x 48 1/2 inches (92.1 x 123.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

29. David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in "Romeo and Juliet", Act V, Scene iii

Creator:: Benjamin Wilson, 1721–1788
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 54 5/8 x 72 1/2 inches (138.7 x 184.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

30. Slender, with the Assistance of Shallow, Courting Anne Page, from "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Act III, Scene iv

Creator:: Charles Robert Leslie, 1794–1859
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 5/8 x 31 1/2 inches (67.6 x 80 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

31. Cymon and Iphigenia

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: ca. 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 24 1/8 x 32 1/2 inches (61.3 x 82.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

32. Sylvia and the Wounded Stag

Creator:: Joseph Gott, 1786–1860
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 6 11/16 inches (17 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

33. Oberon and Titania

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black ink with gum over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 8 1/4 inches (15.2 × 20.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

34. 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

35. The Shepherd, from Songs of Innocence

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 x 2 1/2 inches (7.6 x 6.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

36. 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

37. "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

38. Portentous Things

Creator:: George Jones, 1786–1869
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, watercolor, brown wash, black chalk, white chalk, and graphite, with scraping out on smooth, thin, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 3/4 × 19 3/8 inches (60.3 × 49.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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

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

40. Diligence and Dissipation: The Wanton turn'd out of Doors for Misconduct (Plate 5)

Creator:: Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, open letter proofs
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 20 13/16in. (46 x 52.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

41. Diligence and Dissipation: The Wanton Revelling with her Companions (Plate7)

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, open letter proofs on medium, slightly textured, cream paper mounted on linen
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 20 13/16in. (46 x 52.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

42. Diligence and Dissipation: The Modest Girl and the Wanton/ Fellow Servants in a Gentleman's House (Plate 1)

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, open letter proofs
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/2 x 20 13/16in. (47 x 52.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

43. Diligence and Dissipation: Good Advice from an Old Servant to the Young Ones (Plate 2)

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, open letter proofs
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 20 13/16in. (46 x 52.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

44. Diligence and Dissipation: The Modest Girl in her Bed Chamber (Plate 4)

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, open letter proofs
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 20 13/16in. (46 x 52.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

45. Diligence and Dissipation: The Wanton in her Bed Chamber (Plate 3)

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, open letter proofs
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/2 x 20 13/16in. (47 x 52.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

46. Diligence and Dissipation: The Good Girl Married to her Master/ The Wanton laid in her Grave (Plate 10)

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, open letter proofs
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 20 13/16in. (46 x 52.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

47. Enter Malvolio, Crossgartered...

Creator:: Sir John Gilbert, 1817–1897
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink, red ink, gouache, gum arabic, and graphite on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 × 29 3/4 inches (48.9 × 75.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

48. Apotheosis of Shakespeare's Characters

Creator:: Sir John Gilbert, 1817–1897
Date:: 1871
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, pen and black ink, and graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on wood panel
Dimensions:: Sheet: 41 x 28 inches (104.1 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

49. 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

50. Study for The Wedding Feast of Sir Degrevaunt

Creator:: Edward Burne-Jones, 1833–1898
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 1/4 × 17 7/8 inches (38.7 × 45.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

51. 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

52. 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

53. Diligence and Dissipation: The Modest Girl rejects the Illicit Addresses of her Master (Plate 6)

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, open letter proofs
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 20 13/16in. (46 x 52.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

54. Diligence and Dissipation: The Good Girl Receives the Honourable Addresses of her Master (Plate 8)

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, open letter proofs
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 20 13/16in. (46 x 52.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

55. Diligence and Dissipation: The Wanton Dying in Poverty and Disease Visited by the Modest Girl (Plate 9)

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, open letter proofs
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 20 13/16in. (46 x 52.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

56. The Little Executioner

Creator:: Print made by Prince Rupert, 1619–1682
Date:: ca. 1662
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 6 3/4 inches (15.2 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

57. The Great Executioner

Creator:: Print made by Prince Rupert, 1619–1682
Date:: 1658
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/8 × 17 1/2 inches (63.8 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

58. Miss Elizabeth Beauclerc as 'Una'

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, printed in brown ink on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/8 × 16 3/8 inches (56.2 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

59. Mrs. Michael Angelo Taylor as 'Miranda'

Creator:: Print made by James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: ca. 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/4 × 18 1/8 inches (64.1 × 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

60. Clara at the tomb of Eloisa

Creator:: Print made by John Young, 1755–1825
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (second state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/8 × 15 1/2 inches (51.8 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

61. Mordecai

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/8 × 23 5/8 inches (49.2 × 60 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

62. Margaret Woffington as Mrs. Ford in "The Merry Wives of Windsor"

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1751
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 14 inches (50.2 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

63. 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

64. Mrs. Pope as Juliet

Creator:: Print made by William Ward, 1766–1826
Date:: ca. 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 inches (40.6 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

65. 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

66. Illustration to the Maids of Elfen-Mere

Creator:: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1828–1882
Date:: 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with pen and black ink and pen and brown ink; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 1/4 inches (13 x 8.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

67. The Land of Beulah

Creator:: Edward Burne-Jones, 1833–1898
Date:: 1881
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 11 3/8 inches (20 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

68. The Prisoner of Chillon Entreating his Jailors to Bury His Brother Where the Sun Might Fall Upon His Grave

Creator:: Ford Madox Brown, 1821–1893
Date:: 1858
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite and pastel on medium, slightly textured cream wove paper mounted to thick, gray card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 × 3 7/8 inches (13.7 × 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

69. Cymon and Iphigenia

Creator:: Print made by Francis Haward, 1759–1797
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving (second state) on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 × 20 1/4 inches (48.9 × 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

70. Mrs. Yates as 'Melancholy' in 'Il Penseroso'

Creator:: Print made by Robert Dunkarton, 1744–1811
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 1/2 × 15 1/2 inches (62.2 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

71. 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

72. 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

73. David Garrick in the Character of 'Kitely'

Creator:: Print made by John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 × 10 15/16 inches (37.9 × 27.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

74. Mary Hale (née Chaloner) as Euphrosyne in 'L'Allegro'

Creator:: Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: between 1762 and 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 3/8 × 17 3/4 inches (67 × 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

75. 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

76. 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

77. 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

78. Joseph Sold by his Brethren

Creator:: Print made by Robert Dunkarton, 1744–1811
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/8 × 25 inches (54.3 × 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

79. Sylvia

Creator:: Print made by Peltro W. Tomkins, 1760–1840
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 × 13 5/16 inches (42.2 × 33.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

80. The Infant

Creator:: Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 10 7/8 inches (22.8 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

81. The Lover

Creator:: Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 × 11 1/4 inches (23.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

82. 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

83. David Garrick as Richard III in the Drury Lane Theatre Performance, 1759

Creator:: Print made by William Bromley, 1769–1842
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid on contemporary mount made of moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 21 x 14 13/16 inches (53.4 x 37.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

84. 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

85. London. A Street: 'Henry IV Part II,' Act II, Scene I

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: after 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 8 1/8 inches (14.9 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

86. Another Part of the Field: 'Henry IV Part I,' Act V, Scene IV

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: after 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/16 × 8 7/16 inches (15.7 × 21.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

87. "We come to visit you: and purpose now, to lead you to our court: vouchsafe it then."

Creator:: James Heath, 1757–1834
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 13 inches (42.8 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

88. "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

89. Dodbery and Verges, with the Watch; "Much Ado About Nothing", Act III, Scene II

Creator:: Robert Mitchell Meadows, Died before 1812
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving and stipple engraving on moderately thick, 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

90. 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

91. "Tempest", Act I, Scene I

Creator:: Benjamin Smith, 1775–1833
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 × 25 7/8 inches (50.8 × 65.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

92. Taming Of The Shrew, Act III, Scene II

Creator:: Peter Simon, 1750–1810
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and stipple engraving on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 7/8 × 28 13/16 inches (58.1 × 73.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

93. 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

94. 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

95. '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

96. '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

97. '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

98. Pygmalion

Creator:: Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 4 15/16 inches (17.1 × 12.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

99. Ulysses and Circes

Creator:: Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 12 11/16 inches (24.8 × 32.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

100. Two Seated Women Reading a Letter

Creator:: Print made by Pieter Schenck I, 1660–1719
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 × 10 7/8 inches (36.4 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. Portia and Shylock, from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice", IV, i

2. Shylock and Jessica from the 'Merchant of Venice,' II, ii

3. Children Acting the 'Play Scene' from "Hamlet," Act II, Scene ii

4. Master Betty as Hamlet, before a Bust of Shakespeare

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

6. The Seven Ages of Man: The Pantaloon, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

7. The Seven Ages of Man: The Infant, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

8. The Seven Ages of Man: The Schoolboy, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

9. The Seven Ages of Man: The Soldier, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

10. The Seven Ages of Man: The Justice, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

11. Shylock and Tubal from "The Merchant of Venice"

12. Olivia, Maria and Malvolio from "Twelfth Night," Act III, Scene iv

13. The First Appearance of William Shakespeare on the Stage of the Globe Theatre

14. Oberon and Titania from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Act IV, Scene i

15. Puck and Fairies, from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

16. The Seven Ages of Man: The Lover, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

17. The Lady of Shalott

18. Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest," Act I, scene ii

19. Herne's Oak from 'The Merry Wives of Windsor,' V, v

20. Procession of Characters from Shakespeare's Plays

21. The Seven Ages of Man: Second Childishness, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

22. The Return of Othello, 'Othello,' Act II, Scene II

23. Falstaff with the Body of Hotspur

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

25. Falstaff at Herne's Oak, from "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Act V, Scene v

26. Falstaff and the recruits, from "Henry IV, Part II"

27. Buck Washing on Datchet Mead from 'The Merry Wives of Windsor,' III, v

28. Jaques and the Wounded Stag: 'As You Like It,' Act II, Scene I

29. David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in "Romeo and Juliet", Act V, Scene iii

30. Slender, with the Assistance of Shallow, Courting Anne Page, from "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Act III, Scene iv

31. Cymon and Iphigenia

32. Sylvia and the Wounded Stag

33. Oberon and Titania

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

35. The Shepherd, from Songs of Innocence

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

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

38. Portentous Things

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

40. Diligence and Dissipation: The Wanton turn'd out of Doors for Misconduct (Plate 5)

41. Diligence and Dissipation: The Wanton Revelling with her Companions (Plate7)

42. Diligence and Dissipation: The Modest Girl and the Wanton/ Fellow Servants in a Gentleman's House (Plate 1)

43. Diligence and Dissipation: Good Advice from an Old Servant to the Young Ones (Plate 2)

44. Diligence and Dissipation: The Modest Girl in her Bed Chamber (Plate 4)

45. Diligence and Dissipation: The Wanton in her Bed Chamber (Plate 3)

46. Diligence and Dissipation: The Good Girl Married to her Master/ The Wanton laid in her Grave (Plate 10)

47. Enter Malvolio, Crossgartered...

48. Apotheosis of Shakespeare's Characters

49. Alcibiades and Timon

50. Study for The Wedding Feast of Sir Degrevaunt

51. Study for Burying the Royal Children

52. Macbeth and the Witches

53. Diligence and Dissipation: The Modest Girl rejects the Illicit Addresses of her Master (Plate 6)

54. Diligence and Dissipation: The Good Girl Receives the Honourable Addresses of her Master (Plate 8)

55. Diligence and Dissipation: The Wanton Dying in Poverty and Disease Visited by the Modest Girl (Plate 9)

56. The Little Executioner

57. The Great Executioner

58. Miss Elizabeth Beauclerc as 'Una'

59. Mrs. Michael Angelo Taylor as 'Miranda'

60. Clara at the tomb of Eloisa

61. Mordecai

62. Margaret Woffington as Mrs. Ford in "The Merry Wives of Windsor"

63. La Signora Zamperini in the Character of Cecchina

64. Mrs. Pope as Juliet

65. Literary Characters Assembled around the Medallion of Shakespeare

66. Illustration to the Maids of Elfen-Mere

67. The Land of Beulah

68. The Prisoner of Chillon Entreating his Jailors to Bury His Brother Where the Sun Might Fall Upon His Grave

69. Cymon and Iphigenia

70. Mrs. Yates as 'Melancholy' in 'Il Penseroso'

71. Miss Crockatt as Julia de Roubigné

72. Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy

73. David Garrick in the Character of 'Kitely'