On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Period: 18th century / Associated People: Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. "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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. William Shakespeare

Creator:: Jacobus Houbraken, 1698–1780
Date:: 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 9 5/8in. (38.1 x 24.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, In Memory of John V. McCarthy

30. King Henry VI, Part I: Act II, Scene V, A Room in the Tower (The Death of Mortimer)

Creator:: Print made by Robert Thew, 1758–1802
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, etching, and aquatint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 29 3/8 × 20 1/16 inches (74.6 × 51 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Henry VI, Part III: Act I, Scene III, A Field of Battle betwixt Sandal Castle . . .

Creator:: Print made by Charles Gauthier Playter, died 1809
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, etching, and aquatint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 28 1/2 × 20 1/8 inches (72.4 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. King Richard III: Act III, Scene I (The Meeting of Edward V and His Brother, Richard, Duke of York)

Creator:: Print made by Robert Thew, 1758–1802
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and aquatint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/8 × 29 3/8 inches (51.1 × 74.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. King Henry VI, Part III: Act V, Scene VII (Queen Bess Presenting King Edward . . . with Their Infant Son)

Creator:: Print made by Jean B. Michel, active 1803
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 29 1/2 × 19 3/4 inches (74.9 × 50.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Bless Thee Bottom, Bless Thee-Thou Art Translated

Creator:: Attributed to Isaac Cruikshank, 1764–1811
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/16 x 8 3/8in. (24 x 21.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art

35. 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

36. King Lear: Act III, Scene IV

Creator:: William Sharp, 1749–1824
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Line-engraving and etching, engraver's proof
Dimensions:: Plate: 19 1/2 x 24 5/8in. (49.5 x 62.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. 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

38. Mr. Garrick and Miss Bellamy in the Characters of Romeo and Juliet

Creator:: Simon François Ravenet, 1706–1774
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 × 21 5/8 inches (42.9 × 55 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. John Henderson as Iago

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: before 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 15/16 × 8 7/16 inches (27.8 × 21.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Ophelia: There's 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 medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 8 9/16 inches (27.9 x 21.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. 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

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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

45. Mrs. Lenox

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 5 7/16 inches (19 × 13.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Mrs. Siddons

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches (25.7 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. 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

48. 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

49. 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

50. Polonius, The Tallest, Fittest, Properest, Man to Walk before the King!!

Creator:: Isaac Cruikshank, 1764–1811
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 x 9 1/4in. (35.2 x 23.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. 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

52. 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

53. Romeo and Juliet: Act IV, Scene III (A Monument Belonging to the Capulets)

Creator:: Print made by Peter Simon, 1750–1810
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, etching, and aquatint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/8 × 29 3/8 inches (51.1 × 74.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. William Shakspeare

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 3 1/4in. (14 x 8.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

55. William Shakespeare

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 6 1/8 x 3 7/8in. (15.6 x 9.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

56. Shakespeare

Creator:: Gerard van der Gucht, 1696–1776
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (13.3 × 8.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

57. Wm. Shakespear at the Age of 40

Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on laid paper laid down on wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 5 x 3in. (12.7 x 7.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

58. Shakspeare

Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on thin wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 6 x 3 5/8in. (15.2 x 9.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

59. William Shakspeare

Creator:: Thomas Trotter, ca. 1750–1803
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 5 3/8in. (23.5 x 13.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

60. Shakespeare

Creator:: Thomas Cook, 1744–1818
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 8 1/8in. (26.7 x 20.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

61. Wm. Shakespear at the Age of 40

Creator:: John Hall, 1739–1797
Date:: 1772-1773
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:: Image: 5 x 2 7/8in. (12.7 x 7.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

62. William Shakespeare

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 4 3/16in. (16.2 x 10.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

63. William Shakespeare

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 6 1/8 x 3 7/8in. (15.6 x 9.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

64. Wm. Shakespear at the Age of 40

Creator:: John Hall, 1739–1797
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 5 1/8in. (18.1 x 13cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

65. William Shakespeare

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:: Image: 6 1/8 x 3 7/8in. (15.6 x 9.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

66. Untitled: Portrait of William Shakespeare

Creator:: Jean Marie Delatre, 1746–1840
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 3 3/16in. (13.7 x 8.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

67. Shakespeare

Creator:: Gerard van der Gucht, 1696–1776
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 3 3/4in. (16.5 x 9.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

68. Untitled: Portrait of William Shakespeare

Creator:: Jean Marie Delatre, 1746–1840
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 x 3 7/16in. (23.7 x 8.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

69. Winter's Tale, Act III, Scene III

Creator:: Samuel Middiman, ca. 1750–1831
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 5/16 × 27 3/8 inches (54.1 × 69.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

70. King Henry IV: Part I, Act III, Scene i, The Archdeacon of Bangor's House in Wales. Hotspur, Worcester, Mortimer, & Owen Glendower

Creator:: Peter Simon, 1750–1810
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 x 21 7/8in. (40 x 55.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

71. Three Children of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, His Queen

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 × 34 1/2 inches (58.4 × 87.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, In Memory of Jeanne and Paul Rapoport

72. David Garrick, Esq.

Creator:: Robert Laurie, 1755?–1836
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 13/16 × 10 7/16 inches (37.6 × 26.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. John Henderson as Iago

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 × 8 1/16 inches (27.5 × 20.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. 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

75. 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

76. Cleopatra And Meleagar

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and line engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. 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

78. 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

79. The Meeting Of Edward V And His Brother, The Duke Of York

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Cicero

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Mr. Keuible In The Character Of King Richard, III

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: stipple engraving and line engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Sir John Falstaff in the Buck Basket

Creator:: L. Truchy, 1721–1764
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Falstaff. Second part Henry IV, Act V, Scene 4th. "There's a merry heart good master Silence / I'll give you a health for that anon."

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/16 x 12 1/4in. (38.9 x 31.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Richard III: Act IV, Scene III, Tower of London

Creator:: Print made by William Skelton, 1763–1848
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 29 3/8 × 20 1/8 inches (74.6 × 51.1 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. Weird Sisters; Ministers of Darkness; Minions of the Moon (Thurlow, Pitt, and Dundas)

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 13 3/4 inches (24.9 × 35 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Taming of the Shrew. Katharine and Petruchio - The Modern Quixotte, or, What You Will

Creator:: Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 x 15 3/4 inches (22.9 x 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Shakespeare Sacrificed; or, The Offering to Avarice

Creator:: Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 15 1/8 inches (50.2 x 38.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. 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

90. 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

91. Garrick Reading the Ode at the Shakespeare Jubilee

Creator:: Caroline Watson, 1760–1814
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 7/16 x 17 13/16 inches (62 x 45.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alexander

92. The Globe on Bank Side where Shakespeare Acted (published b J. Serrell); page 10 (Volume Two)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1789
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. 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

94. 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

95. Mr. Kemble, of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

Creator:: Print made by William Nelson Gardiner, 1766–1814
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 × 5 1/2 inches (21.8 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

96. 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

97. 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

98. 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

99. 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

100. 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

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31. Henry VI, Part III: Act I, Scene III, A Field of Battle betwixt Sandal Castle . . .

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33. King Henry VI, Part III: Act V, Scene VII (Queen Bess Presenting King Edward . . . with Their Infant Son)

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36. King Lear: Act III, Scene IV

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

38. Mr. Garrick and Miss Bellamy in the Characters of Romeo and Juliet

39. John Henderson as Iago

40. Ophelia: There's Rue for You, and Here's Some for Me

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

42. Shakespeare Illustration: "Henry VIII"

43. Taming of the Shrew, Act II Scene II

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

45. Mrs. Lenox

46. Mrs. Siddons

47. Launce and His Dog Crab

48. Shakespeare's Winter Tale Act III Scene III

49. Prospero on the Enchanted Island

50. Polonius, The Tallest, Fittest, Properest, Man to Walk before the King!!

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

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53. Romeo and Juliet: Act IV, Scene III (A Monument Belonging to the Capulets)

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61. Wm. Shakespear at the Age of 40

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64. Wm. Shakespear at the Age of 40

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66. Untitled: Portrait of William Shakespeare

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68. Untitled: Portrait of William Shakespeare

69. Winter's Tale, Act III, Scene III

70. King Henry IV: Part I, Act III, Scene i, The Archdeacon of Bangor's House in Wales. Hotspur, Worcester, Mortimer, & Owen Glendower

71. Three Children of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, His Queen

72. David Garrick, Esq.

73. John Henderson as Iago