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

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

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

2. Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard III

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. "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

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. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

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. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

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

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

19. 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

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

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

21. Mrs. Cibber in the Character of Cordelia in Play of King Lear, Act III

Creator:: Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 13 3/8in. (40.6 x 34cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Tempest, Act I Sc. 3

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

23. Here Nature List'ning Stood

Creator:: Print made by Cornelis Apostool, 1762–1844
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 5 15/16 inches (22.8 × 15.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. 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

25. 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

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

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

27. 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

28. Die Maussalle.... - "Hamlet," Act III, Scene II

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Berger, 1744–1824
Date:: between 1778 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/16 × 10 3/4 inches (23 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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

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

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

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

31. Hamlet in Scotland

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

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. Juliet

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

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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

42. 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

43. Miss Farren in the Character of Hermione

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

44. The Infant Shakespeare (engraving for Boydell's "Shakespeare Gallery")

Creator:: Benjamin Smith, 1775–1833
Date:: 1799
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. 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

46. 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

47. The Tempest, Act V, Scene I

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

48. 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

49. 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

50. 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

51. 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

52. 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

53. David Garrick in the Character of Richard III

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Cook, 1744–1818
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/8 x 22 3/4in. (46.7 x 57.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown, Yale MA (HON.) 1971

54. Virgilia and Volumnia Plead with Coriolanus

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

55. King Lear and Cordelia, Act V, Scene 10

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint; touched with india ink
Dimensions:: Plate: 21 7/8 x 20 1/8in. (55.6 x 51.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. King Lear and Cordelia

Creator:: Print made by James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint with India ink, published state
Dimensions:: Plate: 21 7/8 x 21 5/8 inches (55.6 x 54.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. 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

58. David Garrick in the Character of 'Kitely'

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

59. Cordelia

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

60. 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

61. 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

62. 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

63. 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

64. 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

65. 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

66. 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

67. 'Poet, from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act V, Scene i'

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, published state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 13 3/4in. (43.2 x 34.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Gadshill

Creator:: Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1750–ca.1790
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Color printed mezzotint with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/16 x 12 3/16 inches (41.5 x 31 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. King Richard the Third: Act IV, Scene III (The Murder of the Princes in the Tower)

Creator:: Print made by Francis Legat, 1755–1809
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 5/8 × 16 1/2 inches (57.5 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. 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

71. 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

72. 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

73. Caliban, from The Tempest

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 13 3/4in. (43.2 x 34.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. 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

75. Ferdinand and Ariel

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite, with scraping on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 13/16 x 11 1/4 inches (35.1 x 28.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Lady Macbeth, Sleepwalking

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink, scraping, and gouache over graphite on thick, slightly textured cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 21 1/16 x 14 1/2 inches (53.5 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. The Three Witches from Macbeth: Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 20 3/4 x 24 3/16 inches (52.7 x 61.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. The Apparition of the Armed Head: Macbeth

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite, with scraping on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 × 13 inches (40.6 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Ophelia's Death

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache, black ink, and scraping over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper with reminants of contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 22 9/16 x 17 13/16 inches (57.3 x 45.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Prospero and Miranda

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache, black ink, and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 25 11/16 x 18 3/4 inches (65.2 x 47.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Lear and Cordelia

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, textured, beige card with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 22 11/16 x 17 13/16 inches (57.7 x 45.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Imogen Entering the Cave, 'Cymbeline', Act III, Scene VI

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with brown ink and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 27 5/16 x 21 7/16 inches (69.3 x 54.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. The Three Witches from Macbeth: Though the Bark Cannot be Lost...

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite, with scraping on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 11 11/16 × 11 5/16 inches (29.7 × 28.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Lear and Cordelia

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 22 15/16 x 17 1/4 inches (58.3 x 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Imogen in the Cave, 'Cymbeline', Act III, Scene VI

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on thick, slightly textured cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 23 1/16 x 18 5/16 inches (58.5 x 46.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Lady Percy Watching the Sleeping Hotspur

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 24 x 19 1/8 inches (61 x 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Arviragus, Bearing Imogen as Dead in his Arms, 'Cymbeline', Act IV, Scene II

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with brown ink and scraping over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 5/8 x 16 9/16 inches (37.1 x 42 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. A View of the Valley of Stones, Devon, with a scene in the Tempest, Act 1

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid down on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with drawn border
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 × 25 1/8 inches (41.3 × 63.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

89. Antigonus Disposing of Perdita

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with brown and black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, textured, beige card with additional inscribed sheet mounted lower center
Dimensions:: Mount: 23 1/16 x 18 5/8 inches (58.5 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. Shakespearean Scene (?): A Pilgrim

Creator:: Joseph Farington, 1747–1821
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, pasted on contemporary mount made of thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 18 1/2 × 15 5/8 inches (47 × 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

91. David Garrick with a Bust of Shakespeare

Creator:: Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 24 1/2 x 15 1/8in. (62.2 x 38.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

92. Pospero Disarming Ferdinand from The Tempest, Act I, Scene II

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 × 17 7/8 inches (40 × 45.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

93. First Part of King Henry the sixth: Keep, My Lord ... (Act II, Scene 5)

Creator:: Print made by Robert Thew, 1758–1802
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, etching, and aquatint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/2 × 18 3/8 inches (64.8 × 46.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

2. Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard III

3. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

4. Miranda, Prospero, and Caliban: The Tempest

5. Prospero and Miranda

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

7. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

8. John Henderson as Falstaff

9. The Banquet Scene

10. The Witches' Cavern

11. Standing Figure, Probably for Lady Macbeth

12. Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene V

13. The Death of Juliet

14. Literary Characters Assembled Around the Medallion of Shakespeare

15. 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

16. Falstaff reproved by King Henry

17. David Garrick as Richard III

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

19. Falstaff Reproved by King Henry

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

21. Mrs. Cibber in the Character of Cordelia in Play of King Lear, Act III

22. The Tempest, Act I Sc. 3

23. Here Nature List'ning Stood

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

25. Macbeth and the Witches

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

27. The Three Witches

28. Die Maussalle.... - "Hamlet," Act III, Scene II

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

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

31. Hamlet in Scotland

32. Literary Characters Assembled around the Medallion of Shakespeare

33. Study for Burying the Royal Children

34. Macbeth and the Witches

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

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

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

38. Juliet

39. Falstaff Inspecting the Recruits

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

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

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

43. Miss Farren in the Character of Hermione

44. The Infant Shakespeare (engraving for Boydell's "Shakespeare Gallery")

45. Shakespeare Illustration: "Measure for Measure"

46. Shakespeare Illustration: "Henry VIII"

47. The Tempest, Act V, Scene I

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

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

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

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

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

53. David Garrick in the Character of Richard III

54. Virgilia and Volumnia Plead with Coriolanus

55. King Lear and Cordelia, Act V, Scene 10

56. King Lear and Cordelia

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

58. David Garrick in the Character of 'Kitely'

59. Cordelia

60. Weird Sisters; Ministers of Darkness; Minions of the Moon (Thurlow, Pitt, and Dundas)

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

62. Shakespeare Sacrificed; or, The Offering to Avarice

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

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

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

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

67. 'Poet, from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act V, Scene i'

68. Gadshill

69. King Richard the Third: Act IV, Scene III (The Murder of the Princes in the Tower)

70. John Henderson as Iago

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

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