On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Period: 19th century / Associated People: Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet

1. Oberon and Titania

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

2. The Vine

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1852
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 13/16 x 9 1/4 inches (32.5 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. Apotheosis of Shakespeare's Characters

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

19. Enter Malvolio, Crossgartered...

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

20. Sketches for a Scene from 'Macbeth'

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: ca. 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/16 x 20 inches (41.5 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. 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

22. Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda

Creator:: Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with black chalk and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 7 1/8 inches (21.9 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. Queen Katherine's Dream

Creator:: George Henry Harlow, 1787–1819
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 × 9 7/8 inches (34.6 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. 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

25. Lear in the Storm

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache and scraping, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, peach wove paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 30 1/16 x 24 15/16 inches (76.3 x 63.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

26. Cleopatra on the Cydnus to Meet Antony

Creator:: Alfred Edward Chalon, 1780–1860
Date:: ca. 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with gray wash and scraping over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 14 3/8 inches (49.6 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

27. Macbeth and Banquo on the Heath

Creator:: George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache and scraping over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 10 3/8 inches (19 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

28. Miss Lissie Weston as Oberon - Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II, Scene II

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 9 3/4in. (28.6 x 24.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

29. 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

30. Study for the Head of Ferdinand in "Ferdinand Lured by Ariel"

Creator:: Sir John Everett Millais, 1829–1896
Date:: 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches (17.5 x 13 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

31. Hecate

Creator:: George Henry Harlow, 1787–1819
Date:: 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with stumping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 7 inches (21.9 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

32. 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

33. 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

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. 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

36. 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

37. Winter's Tale, Act 3, Scene 3

Creator:: John Neagle, 1796–1865
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection

38. Shakespeare, Macbeth Act IV, Scene I

Creator:: Robert Thew, 1758–1802
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 15/16 × 25 1/16 inches (50.6 × 63.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. King Henry VI, Second Part, Act 3, Scene 3

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 × 13 inches (42.2 × 33 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. 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

42. 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

43. 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

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. 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

47. Mrs. W. West as Cordelia

Creator:: Print made by Thomas A. Woolnoth, 1785–1857
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on medium cream slithtly textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Overall: 6 3/8 × 3 3/4 inches (16.2 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The William K. Rose and Eugene A. Carroll Collection

48. A Fashion in 1845

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on thick, smooth, blue card
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 × 11 1/2 inches (40.6 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

49. Romeo and Juliet: Act IV, Scene V. "Juliet on her bed."

Creator:: George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
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

50. 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

51. 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

52. 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

53. 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

54. 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

55. 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

56. 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

57. 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

58. 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

59. 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

60. Henry VIII, Act V, Scene IV, The Palace

Creator:: Joseph Collyer, 1748–1827
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/16 x 23 1/16in. (44 x 58.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Timon of Athens, Act IV, Scene III, A Wood--Timon, Phyrma, etc.

Creator:: Robert Thew, 1758–1802
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/16 x 23 7/16in. (44 x 59.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Coriolanus, Act IV, Scene III, Coriolanus, etc.

Creator:: James Caldwall, 1739–1819
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 9/16 x 23 13/16in. (44.6 x 60.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. 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

64. 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

65. 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

66. 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

67. The Fatal Bellman

Creator:: Print made by George Richmond, 1809–1896
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 13/16 x 5 3/8 inches (17.3 x 13.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

68. King Henry IV, Part I: Act V, Scene iv, Plain near Shrewsbury. Prince Henry, Hotspur & Falstaff

Creator:: Thomas Ryder, 1746–1810
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 5/8 x 19 3/4in. (60 x 50.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene IV: Olivia's House

Creator:: Thomas Ryder, 1746–1810
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 x 29 1/2 inches (50.8 x 74.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene II: " The Road by Gadshill - Prince Henry, Poins, Peto, Falstaff, etc."

Creator:: Samuel Middiman, ca. 1750–1831
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/16 x 23 7/16in. (44 x 59.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. King Richard II Act IV, Scene I: "King Richard, Bolingbroke, Yorke, etc."

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 9/16 x 24 5/8in. (49.7 x 62.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. King Richard the Second, Act V, Scene II (The Entrance of King Richard & Bolingbroke into London)

Creator:: Print made by Robert Thew, 1758–1802
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/8 × 29 1/2 inches (51.1 × 74.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene II: " The Road by Gadshill - Prince Henry, Poins, Peto, Falstaff, etc."

Creator:: Samuel Middiman, ca. 1750–1831
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving and etching
Dimensions:: Plate: 20 x 25 1/8in. (50.8 x 63.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. MacBeth, Act I,V Scene I: "A Dark Cave in the Middle a Cauldrom Boiling"

Creator:: Robert Thew, 1758–1802
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 9/16 x 24 3/4in. (49.7 x 62.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, Transfer from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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

Creator:: Peter Simon, 1750–1810
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 x 21 9/16in. (40 x 54.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene IV: " The Boar's Head"

Creator:: Robert Thew, 1758–1802
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/16 x 23 3/8in. (43.7 x 59.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene II: " The Road by Gadshill - Prince Henry, Poins, Peto, Falstaff, etc."

Creator:: Samuel Middiman, ca. 1750–1831
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 5/8 x 24 7/8in. (49.8 x 63.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Henry IV: Part II, Act II, Scene IV. "Doll Tearsheet, Falstaff, Henry & Poins"

Creator:: William S. Leney, 1769–1831
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 19 3/8in. (36.2 x 49.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. MacBeth, Act I, Scene III: "A Heath"

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Trotter, ca. 1750–1803
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving, progress proof
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 5/8 x 25in. (49.8 x 63.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, Transfer from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

80. MacBeth, Act I, Scene V: "Inverness. A Room in MacBeth's Castle"

Creator:: James Parker, 1750–1805
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 22 7/16in. (42.9 x 57cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, Transfer from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

81. As You Like It: Act II, Scene I: Forest of Arden

Creator:: Samuel Middiman, ca. 1750–1831
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Twelfth Night, Act V, Scene I: The Street

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 x 29 1/2 inches (50.8 x 74.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Garrick in the Character of Richard III

Creator:: Samuel William Reynolds, 1773–1835
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/4 x 13 3/4in. (52.7 x 34.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Romeo

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 4 3/4in. (17.1 x 12.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Julius Caesar: Act IV Scene III: Brutus' Tent ...

Creator:: Edward Scriven, 1775–1841
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/2 x 18 1/2in. (64.8 x 47cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. King Henry IV, Part I: Act V, Scene iv, Plain near Shrewsbury. Prince Henry, Hotspur & Falstaff

Creator:: Thomas Ryder, 1746–1810
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 13/16 x 20in. (37.6 x 50.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of John Gerlin, B.A. 1932

87. 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

88. Funeral of Lord Nelson. From the Bankside near Shakespeare's Theatre

Creator:: John Thomas Smith, 1766–1833
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Shakespeare's Tempest Act IV Scene I. Prospero's Cell.

Creator:: Robert Thew, 1758–1802
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/2 × 26 9/16 inches (54.6 × 67.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection