Collection: Prints and Drawings / Period: 18th century / Subject Terms: portrait / 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. "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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. William Sommers, King Henry VIII's Jester

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

8. 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

9. Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy (David Garrick)

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

10. Mr. Garrick in the Character of Kitely

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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. Portrait of Moses Kean

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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. Edward, Prince of Wales, Presenting the Captive King John of France and His Sons to His Father Edward the Third After the Battle of Poictiers

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and line engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper laid on mount
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 1/4 x 19 1/16 inches (38.8 x 48.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. Jane Shore

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

42. 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

43. William Shakespeare

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

44. David Garrick, Esq.

Creator:: Robert Laurie, 1755?–1836
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 x 16in. (50.8 x 40.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Herman W. Liebert

45. Nature and Genius introducing Garrick to the Temple of Shakespeare (Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968 - number 83)

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Jane Shore

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

47. 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

48. David Garrick, Esq.

Creator:: John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 15/16 x 14 1/8 inches (50.6 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mary E. Knapp

49. 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

50. David Garrick Leaning on a bust of William Shakespeare

Creator:: Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 5/16 × 15 1/8 inches (61.8 × 38.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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37. Mrs. Siddons

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

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

40. Mrs. Lenox

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44. David Garrick, Esq.

45. Nature and Genius introducing Garrick to the Temple of Shakespeare (Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968 - number 83)

46. Jane Shore

47. William Shakespeare

48. David Garrick, Esq.

49. David Garrick with a Bust of Shakespeare

50. David Garrick Leaning on a bust of William Shakespeare