Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Image Available: Available / Associated People: Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet

1. The Vine

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1852
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, retouched with graphite on thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 13/16 x 8 1/2 inches (30 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The Vine

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1852
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, retouched with white watercolor, gouache or chalk on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 9/16 x 8 1/4 inches (29.3 x 20.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The Vine

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1852
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 x 6 5/16 inches (12 x 16 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Octavius Augustus Cæsar

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Portrait Studies of Actors including Mary Wells as Cowslip, John Kemble, Edmund Kean, and Sarah Siddons as Hermione

Creator:: Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, red chalk, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/16 × 13 1/16 inches (23 × 33.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Prospero Summoning Ariel

Creator:: William Young Ottley, 1771–1836
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gouache, white chalk, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/16 x 8 1/8 inches (31.6 x 20.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. 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

8. 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

9. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 19 5/8 inches (32.4 × 49.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Shakespeare's Monument at the Church at Stratford upon Avon

Creator:: Print made by John Horsburgh, 1791–1869
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving, first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine-collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/4 × 11 3/4 inches (43.8 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Set of Seven: Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching, 1 leaf of letterpress and the original wrappers
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Set of Four: Much Ado About Nothing or Illustrations of Sayings

Creator:: John Phillips, active 1840–1852
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 9 1/2in. (29.5 x 24.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. One of a set of four: Much Ado About Nothing or Illustrations of Old Savings

Creator:: John Phillips, active 1840–1852
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 9 1/2in. (29.5 x 24.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Set of Four: Much Ado About Nothing or Illustrations of Old Sayings

Creator:: John Phillips, active 1840–1852
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 9 1/2in. (29.5 x 24.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Set of Four: Much Ado About Nothing or Illustrations of Old Sayings

Creator:: John Phillips, active 1840–1852
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 9 1/2in. (29.5 x 24.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. One of a Set of Four: Much Ado About Nothing or Illustrations of Old Sayings

Creator:: John Phillips, active 1840–1852
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 9 1/2in. (29.5 x 24.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. A Cavalry Officer (Henry IV) Leading a Charge Outside a Castle

Creator:: Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and black chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 × 15 13/16 inches (50.8 × 40.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. 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

19. The Murder of Banquo

Creator:: George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/16 × 10 1/2 inches (18.2 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. 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

21. Stephano, Trinculo and Caliban with Prospero's Magic Wardrobe

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with brown wash and gouache over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 4 1/2 inches (16.8 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Falstaff Dragging the Body of Hotspur

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash and gouache over graphite with gum on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 4 15/16 inches (16.2 x 12.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Prospero and Ariel

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash and gouache over graphite with gum on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches (15 x 12 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Falstaff Instructing Bardolph

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash and gouache over graphite with gum on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 4 1/2 inches (15.2 x 11.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Falstaff at Herne's Oak

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink, oil, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 9 5/8 inches (15.6 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Birnam Wood

Creator:: Hugh William "Grecian" Williams, 1773–1829
Date:: before 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 19 3/4 inches (38.1 × 50.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Studies for Shylock

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper joined to thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on card
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 × 18 7/8 inches (38.1 × 47.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Anne Page and Slender

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash and gouache over graphite with gum on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 4 7/16 inches (18.8 x 11.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Falstaff in the Boar's Head

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Oil with brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches (19.7 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Lysander Awakening to See Helena

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash and gouache over graphite with gum on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (16.5 x 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Study for 'Finding of the Body of Bassanio'

Creator:: Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 8 inches (30.8 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. 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

33. 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

34. Shakespeare House, Aldersgate Street

Creator:: J. Jacobs, active 1816–1864
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, brown wash and white gouache on slightly textured, medium, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 13/16 × 8 3/8 inches (22.4 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Ferdinand Riding the Waves

Creator:: Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gray wash and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 1/4 inches (24.8 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Design for Midsummer Night's Dream

Creator:: Thomas Grieve, 1799–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, pen and ink, and graphite, squared for transfer on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 × 6 1/2 inches (55.9 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Design for A Winter's Tale

Creator:: Thomas Grieve, 1799–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 12 3/4 inches (18.7 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. 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

39. The South Foreland and Shakespeare's Cliff (one of five drawings on one mount)

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 × 10 3/8 inches (7.6 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Shakespeare's Cliff, Dover

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1826 and 1866
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite heightened with white
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 15/16 x 8 1/8in. (15.1 x 20.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Malvolio: Possibly a Self-Portrait in the Role

Creator:: John Boyne, ca. 1750–1810
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and gray wash with pen and black ink, scraping, graphite, and red pencil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 6 1/16 inches (22.7 × 15.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Memorial to David Garrick from Hampton Church

Creator:: Daniel Lysons, 1762–1834
Date:: between 1796 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 11 1/8 inches (38.1 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 17 3/4 inches (27.9 × 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching; open etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 15 1/2 inches (28.6 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 11 3/4 inches (22.2 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11 3/4 inches (21.9 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Malvolio Dancing

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with brown wash and oil on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 inches (13 x 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. She Never Told Her Love, But Sat Like Patience on a Monument

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with brown wash and gouache and oil on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 inches (13 x 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. 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

50. David Garrick Esq.

Creator:: Samuel Freeman, 1773–1857
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 1/4 inches (27.3 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. 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

52. Lady Christiana Collier (née Gwyn)

Creator:: Print made by George Graham, active 1786–1813
Date:: between 1760 and 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/16 × 10 3/16 inches (36 × 25.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. 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

54. St. Mark's Place, Venice - Juliet and her Nurse

Creator:: Print made by George Hollis, 1792–1842
Date:: 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 3/8 × 33 3/8 inches (64.5 × 84.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. St. Mark's Place, Venice - Juliet and her Nurse

Creator:: Print made by George Hollis, 1792–1842
Date:: 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Etching; open etched state on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 1/8 × 30 1/2 inches (61.3 × 77.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Olivia and Maria

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with brown wash, gouache and oil on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 x 3 3/8 inches (10.7 x 8.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Blowing up the Pic Nic's: or Harlequin Quioxtte Attacking the Puppets

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/16 × 10 1/16 inches (35.7 × 25.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. 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

59. 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

60. Henry VIII: Act III, Scene I, A Room in the Queen's Apartments

Creator:: Robert Thew, 1758–1802
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 x 23 1/4in. (44.1 x 59.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Henry VIII, Act IV, Scene II, Abbey of Leicester. Wolsey, Northumberland, and Attendants, Abbot of Leicester, etc.

Creator:: Robert Thew, 1758–1802
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/16 x 23 1/4in. (44 x 59.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Antony and Cleopatra, Act III, Scene IX, The Palace in Alexandria . . .

Creator:: And Johann G. Facius, 1750–after 1802
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/8 x 23 3/8in. (44.8 x 59.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Henry IV, Part II: Act III, Justice Shallon's Seat in Gloucestershire

Creator:: Thomas Ryder, 1746–1810
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 15/16 x 23 1/4in. (43 x 59.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Henry V: Act II, Scene ii, Southamptom. The King, Scroop, etc.

Creator:: Robert Thew, 1758–1802
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/16 x 23 3/8in. (44 x 59.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Henry IV, Part II: Act IV, The Palace at Westminster

Creator:: Robert Thew, 1758–1802
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 20 1/16in. (37.5 x 51cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. 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

67. Henry VI, Part I: Act II, Scene iii, The Countess of Auvergne's Castle

Creator:: Robert Thew, 1758–1802
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 x 23 3/8in. (44.1 x 59.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Henry VI, Part III: Act II, Scene V, A Field of Battle near Towton . . .

Creator:: John Ogborne the Elder, 1755–1795
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving, unfinished state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 x 23 1/4in. (44.1 x 59.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Henry VI, Part II: Act I, Scene iv, Mother Jourdaine, Himi---

Creator:: Charles Gauthier Playter, died 1809
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 x 23 3/16in. (44.1 x 58.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Henry VI, Part III: Act IV, Scene V, A Park Near Middlham Castle in Yorkshire

Creator:: Jean B. Michel, active 1803
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 7/16 x 23 7/16in. (44.3 x 59.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. 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

72. Henry VI, Part I: Act II, Scene IV, London. The Temple Garden.

Creator:: John Ogborne the Elder, 1755–1795
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/4 x 23 1/4in. (43.8 x 59.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Henry VIII, Act I, Scene IV, York Place--Cardinal Wolsey, etc.

Creator:: Isaac Taylor, 1759–1829
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 7/16 x 23 1/2in. (44.3 x 59.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Othello, Act II, Scene i, A Platform --- Desdemona, Othello etc.

Creator:: Thomas Ryder, 1746–1810
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraver's early proof
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 x 23 11/16in. (44.1 x 60.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Othello, Act II, Scene I, A Platform -- Desdemona, Othello etc.

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Ryder, 1746–1810
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraver's proof
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 x 23 11/16in. (44.1 x 60.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Titus Andromicus, Act IV, Scene I, Titus' House

Creator:: Thomas Kirk, 1765–1797
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 19 3/4in. (37.5 x 50.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Hamlet, Act IV, Scene v, Elsinore --King, Queen, Laertes, Ophelia, etc.

Creator:: Print made by Francis Legat, 1755–1809
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving, unfinished state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 23 1/4in. (43.2 x 59.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. A Character (? Macbeth) in Renaissance Dress...

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 15/16 × 7 15/16 inches (15.1 × 20.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Shakespeare's Monument at the Church at Stratford upon Avon

Creator:: Print made by John Horsburgh, 1791–1869
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving, with graphite and scraping out; touched engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine-collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 9 1/4 inches (26 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Shakespeare's Monument at the Church at Stratford upon Avon

Creator:: Print made by John Horsburgh, 1791–1869
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving, engraver's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine-collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 11 1/2 inches (34.3 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Illustration for Shakespeare's " A Winter's Tale" or '"Cymbeline"

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and pen and brown ink on wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches (6.4 x 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Smirke [Shakespeare] Album

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and watercolor sketches, pen and ink drawings
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Familia Regia: Henry VIII, Henry VII, Elizabeth of York, Jane Seymour

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1742
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 7/8 × 23 3/4 inches (50.5 × 60.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Henderson in the Character of Falstaff

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 10 7/16 inches (30.6 x 26.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. 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

86. 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

87. Lawrence, The Sleeping and the Dead are but as Pictures; Shakespeare

Creator:: Richard James Lane, 1800–1872
Date:: 1830
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Autolycus' Song - A Winter's Tale, Act 4, Scene 2 and 3 songs

Creator:: Thomas Webster, 1800–1886
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: India paper proof
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 x 5in. (7.9 x 12.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. All's Well that Ends Well

Creator:: George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. 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

91. Shakespeare's Monument at the Church at Stratford upon Avon

Creator:: Print made by John Horsburgh, 1791–1869
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine-collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 × 10 7/8 inches (41.3 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. 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

93. 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

94. 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

95. MacBeth meeting the Witches

Creator:: William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving, proof before all letters on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 21 9/16 inches (40.6 × 54.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Ferdinand Reunited with his Father

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 15/16 x 4 5/16 inches (15.1 x 11 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Claudio and Isabella

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 4 inches (13 x 10.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Stephano and Trinculo with Caliban

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with gouache and oil over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 4 1/4 inches (15.2 x 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Bust of Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and ink, brown wash, and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 5 13/16 inches (22.2 x 14.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. Viola and Olivia

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 x 4 3/8 inches (16.7 x 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. The Vine

2. The Vine

3. The Vine

4. Octavius Augustus Cæsar

5. Portrait Studies of Actors including Mary Wells as Cowslip, John Kemble, Edmund Kean, and Sarah Siddons as Hermione

6. Prospero Summoning Ariel

7. Literary Characters Assembled Around the Medallion of Shakespeare

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

9. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

10. Shakespeare's Monument at the Church at Stratford upon Avon

11. Set of Seven: Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man

12. Set of Four: Much Ado About Nothing or Illustrations of Sayings

13. One of a set of four: Much Ado About Nothing or Illustrations of Old Savings

14. Set of Four: Much Ado About Nothing or Illustrations of Old Sayings

15. Set of Four: Much Ado About Nothing or Illustrations of Old Sayings

16. One of a Set of Four: Much Ado About Nothing or Illustrations of Old Sayings

17. A Cavalry Officer (Henry IV) Leading a Charge Outside a Castle

18. 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

19. The Murder of Banquo

20. King Lear

21. Stephano, Trinculo and Caliban with Prospero's Magic Wardrobe

22. Falstaff Dragging the Body of Hotspur

23. Prospero and Ariel

24. Falstaff Instructing Bardolph

25. Falstaff at Herne's Oak

26. Birnam Wood

27. Studies for Shylock

28. Anne Page and Slender

29. Falstaff in the Boar's Head

30. Lysander Awakening to See Helena

31. Study for 'Finding of the Body of Bassanio'

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

33. Falstaff Inspecting the Recruits

34. Shakespeare House, Aldersgate Street

35. Ferdinand Riding the Waves

36. Design for Midsummer Night's Dream

37. Design for A Winter's Tale

38. Portrait of Moses Kean

39. The South Foreland and Shakespeare's Cliff (one of five drawings on one mount)

40. Shakespeare's Cliff, Dover

41. Malvolio: Possibly a Self-Portrait in the Role

42. Memorial to David Garrick from Hampton Church

43. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

44. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

45. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

46. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

47. Malvolio Dancing

48. She Never Told Her Love, But Sat Like Patience on a Monument

49. Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy (David Garrick)

50. David Garrick Esq.

51. Mr. Garrick in the Character of Kitely

52. Lady Christiana Collier (née Gwyn)

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

54. St. Mark's Place, Venice - Juliet and her Nurse

55. St. Mark's Place, Venice - Juliet and her Nurse

56. Olivia and Maria

57. Blowing up the Pic Nic's: or Harlequin Quioxtte Attacking the Puppets

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

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

60. Henry VIII: Act III, Scene I, A Room in the Queen's Apartments

61. Henry VIII, Act IV, Scene II, Abbey of Leicester. Wolsey, Northumberland, and Attendants, Abbot of Leicester, etc.

62. Antony and Cleopatra, Act III, Scene IX, The Palace in Alexandria . . .

63. Henry IV, Part II: Act III, Justice Shallon's Seat in Gloucestershire

64. Henry V: Act II, Scene ii, Southamptom. The King, Scroop, etc.

65. Henry IV, Part II: Act IV, The Palace at Westminster

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

67. Henry VI, Part I: Act II, Scene iii, The Countess of Auvergne's Castle

68. Henry VI, Part III: Act II, Scene V, A Field of Battle near Towton . . .

69. Henry VI, Part II: Act I, Scene iv, Mother Jourdaine, Himi---

70. Henry VI, Part III: Act IV, Scene V, A Park Near Middlham Castle in Yorkshire

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

72. Henry VI, Part I: Act II, Scene IV, London. The Temple Garden.