Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund / Genre: literary theme / Image Use: Free to Use

1. The Lady of Shalott

Creator:: Walter Crane, 1845–1915
Date:: 1862
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (24.1 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

2. Puck and Fairies, from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Creator:: Joseph Noel Paton, 1821–1901
Date:: ca. 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 10 3/8 x 12 1/4 inches (26.4 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

3. Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest"

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 3/4 x 36 3/8 inches (70.5 x 92.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

4. The Seven Ages of Man: The Lover, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

5. The Seven Ages of Man: The Soldier, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

6. Shylock and Jessica from the 'Merchant of Venice,' II, ii

Creator:: Gilbert Stuart Newton, 1794–1835
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 x 29 1/2 inches (88.9 x 74.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

7. Children Acting the 'Play Scene' from "Hamlet," Act II, Scene ii

Creator:: Charles Hunt, 1803–1877
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 26 inches (45.7 x 66 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

8. Master Betty as Hamlet, before a Bust of Shakespeare

Creator:: James Northcote, 1746–1831
Date:: between 1804 and 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 x 16 inches (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

9. The Seven Ages of Man: The Infant, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and ink and oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

10. The Seven Ages of Man: The Schoolboy, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

11. The Seven Ages of Man: The Justice, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

12. Cordelia Championed by the Earl of Kent, from Shakespeare's "King Lear," I, i

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1770 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 1/8 x 50 1/2 inches (104.5 x 128.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

13. Falstaff at Herne's Oak, from "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Act V, Scene v

Creator:: James Stephanoff, 1787–1874
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 17 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches (44.5 x 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

14. The Return of Othello, 'Othello,' Act II, Scene II

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: ca. 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions:: 8 1/4 x 10 inches (21 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

15. Olivia, Maria and Malvolio from "Twelfth Night," Act III, Scene iv

Creator:: Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1763–1840
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 62 1/8 x 86 7/8 inches (157.8 x 220.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

16. The Seven Ages of Man: The Pantaloon, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

17. The Seven Ages of Man: Second Childishness, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and ink and oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

18. Shylock and Tubal from "The Merchant of Venice"

Creator:: Herbert Stoppelaer, active 1730–1775
Date:: 1767 to 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 1/2 x 28 3/4 inches (59.7 x 73 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

19. Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest," Act I, scene ii

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: ca. 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions:: 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (21 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

20. Falstaff and the recruits, from "Henry IV, Part II"

Creator:: John Cawse, 1779–1862
Date:: ca. 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/4 x 33 1/4 inches (64.1 x 84.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

21. Portia and Shylock, from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice", IV, i

Creator:: Edward Alcock, active 1750–ca. 1778
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 x 20 inches (66 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

22. Procession of Characters from Shakespeare's Plays

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 12 1/4 x 54 1/4 inches (31.1 x 137.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

23. Falstaff with the Body of Hotspur

Creator:: Attributed to Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: ca. 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper
Dimensions:: 12 x 11 1/4 inches (30.5 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

24. David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in "Romeo and Juliet", Act V, Scene iii

Creator:: Benjamin Wilson, 1721–1788
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 54 5/8 x 72 1/2 inches (138.7 x 184.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

25. The First Appearance of William Shakespeare on the Stage of the Globe Theatre

Creator:: George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1864 to 1865
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 7/8 x 21 7/8 inches (70.8 x 55.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

26. Jaques and the Wounded Stag: 'As You Like It,' Act II, Scene I

Creator:: Landscape by William Hodges, 1744–1797
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 1/4 x 48 1/2 inches (92.1 x 123.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

27. Oberon and Titania from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Act IV, Scene i

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: 5 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (14.6 x 14 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

28. Buck Washing on Datchet Mead from 'The Merry Wives of Windsor,' III, v

Creator:: John S. Clifton, active 1852–1869
Date:: 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 30 x 24 inches (76.2 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

29. Herne's Oak from 'The Merry Wives of Windsor,' V, v

Creator:: George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: ca. 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 48 inches (91.4 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

30. Cymon and Iphigenia

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: ca. 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 24 1/8 x 32 1/2 inches (61.3 x 82.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

31. Slender, with the Assistance of Shallow, Courting Anne Page, from "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Act III, Scene iv

Creator:: Charles Robert Leslie, 1794–1859
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 5/8 x 31 1/2 inches (67.6 x 80 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

32. Sylvia and the Wounded Stag

Creator:: Joseph Gott, 1786–1860
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 6 11/16 inches (17 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

33. 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

34. 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

35. The Shepherd, from Songs of Innocence

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 x 2 1/2 inches (7.6 x 6.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

36. The Gambols of Ghosts According with Their Affections Previous to the Final Judgement

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1805 to 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/16 × 12 1/2 inches (46.2 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

37. "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

38. 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

39. Falstaff Disguised as Herne

Creator:: John Massey Wright, 1777–1866
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 10 3/16 inches (28.9 x 25.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

40. MacBeth: The Banquet Scene - MacBeth, Act II, Scene IV

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on thin, smooth, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 9 inches (22.9 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

41. Launce Teaching His Dog Crab

Creator:: Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, red chalk, black chalk, graphite, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 5/16 x 20 3/8 inches (41.5 x 51.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

42. The Sleepwalking Scene in Macbeth

Creator:: Henry Pierce Bone, 1779–1855
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, graphite and traces of white gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches (50.5 x 35.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

43. The Death of Cordelia

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, red crayon, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 9 3/4 inches (30.5 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

44. 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

45. Falstaff Carrying Dead Hotspur

Creator:: Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, gouache, and gum arabic on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 3/8 x 20 1/4 inches (41.6 x 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

46. 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

47. 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

48. Nature unveils herself to the infant Shakespeare: Thomas Gray, The Progress of Poesy, III.1

Creator:: William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite with scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 9 inches (29.8 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

49. Diligence and Dissipation: The Wanton in her Bed Chamber (Plate 3)

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, open letter proofs
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/2 x 20 13/16in. (47 x 52.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

50. Diligence and Dissipation: The Wanton turn'd out of Doors for Misconduct (Plate 5)

Creator:: Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, open letter proofs
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 20 13/16in. (46 x 52.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

51. Diligence and Dissipation: The Modest Girl and the Wanton/ Fellow Servants in a Gentleman's House (Plate 1)

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, open letter proofs
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/2 x 20 13/16in. (47 x 52.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

52. Diligence and Dissipation: Good Advice from an Old Servant to the Young Ones (Plate 2)

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, open letter proofs
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 20 13/16in. (46 x 52.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

53. Diligence and Dissipation: The Modest Girl rejects the Illicit Addresses of her Master (Plate 6)

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, open letter proofs
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 20 13/16in. (46 x 52.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

54. Diligence and Dissipation: The Good Girl Receives the Honourable Addresses of her Master (Plate 8)

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, open letter proofs
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 20 13/16in. (46 x 52.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

55. Diligence and Dissipation: The Wanton Revelling with her Companions (Plate7)

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, open letter proofs on medium, slightly textured, cream paper mounted on linen
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 20 13/16in. (46 x 52.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

56. Diligence and Dissipation: The Modest Girl in her Bed Chamber (Plate 4)

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, open letter proofs
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 20 13/16in. (46 x 52.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

57. Diligence and Dissipation: The Good Girl Married to her Master/ The Wanton laid in her Grave (Plate 10)

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, open letter proofs
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 20 13/16in. (46 x 52.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

58. The Cottagers

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 × 16 1/4 inches (53.3 × 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

59. Mrs. Siddons, in the Character of the Tragic Muse

Creator:: Print made by Francis Haward, 1759–1797
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, etching and stipple engraving (first state) on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 28 × 20 inches (71.1 × 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

60. The Honble Mrs. Tollemache, in the Character of Miranda

Creator:: Print made by John Jones, ca. 1745–1797
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/2 × 16 inches (64.8 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

61. Mary Hale (née Chaloner) as Euphrosyne in 'L'Allegro'

Creator:: Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: between 1762 and 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 3/8 × 17 3/4 inches (67 × 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

62. Miss Elizabeth Beauclerc as 'Una'

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, printed in brown ink on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/8 × 16 3/8 inches (56.2 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

63. Phoebe Hoppner as Caroline de Lichtfield

Creator:: Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 x 11 9/16 inches (36.3 x 29.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

64. Mrs. Michael Angelo Taylor as 'Miranda'

Creator:: Print made by James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: ca. 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/4 × 18 1/8 inches (64.1 × 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

65. Miss Crockatt as Julia de Roubigné

Creator:: Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 13/16 x 11 7/16 inches (37.7 x 29 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

66. Dorothea

Creator:: Print made by William Say, 1768–1834
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 28 3/4 × 19 5/8 inches (73 × 49.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

67. Mordecai

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/8 × 23 5/8 inches (49.2 × 60 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

68. Sylvia

Creator:: Print made by Peltro W. Tomkins, 1760–1840
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 × 13 5/16 inches (42.2 × 33.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

69. 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

70. Illustration to the Maids of Elfen-Mere

Creator:: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1828–1882
Date:: 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with pen and black ink and pen and brown ink; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 1/4 inches (13 x 8.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

71. Cymon and Iphigenia

Creator:: Print made by Francis Haward, 1759–1797
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving (second state) on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 × 20 1/4 inches (48.9 × 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

72. Emma, Lady Hamilton as 'Ariadne'

Creator:: Print made by Charles Brome, ca. 1774–1801
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving (first state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 1/4 × 17 inches (59.1 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

73. Mrs. Jordan as L'Allegro

Creator:: Print made by Robert Dunkarton, 1744–1811
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (only state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 3/4 × 15 3/4 inches (62.9 × 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

74. Mrs. Jordan in the Character of the Romp

Creator:: Print made by John Ogborne the Elder, 1755–1795
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving (first state) on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 11 5/16 inches (37.8 × 28.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

75. Mrs. Yates as 'Melancholy' in 'Il Penseroso'

Creator:: Print made by Robert Dunkarton, 1744–1811
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 1/2 × 15 1/2 inches (62.2 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

76. The Little Executioner

Creator:: Print made by Prince Rupert, 1619–1682
Date:: ca. 1662
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 6 3/4 inches (15.2 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

77. The Great Executioner

Creator:: Print made by Prince Rupert, 1619–1682
Date:: 1658
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/8 × 17 1/2 inches (63.8 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

78. Dr. Goldsmith

Creator:: Print made by Giuseppe Marchi, ca. 1735–1808
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 × 13 inches (46 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

79. 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

80. David Garrick in the Character of 'Kitely'

Creator:: Print made by John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 × 10 15/16 inches (37.9 × 27.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

81. Clara at the tomb of Eloisa

Creator:: Print made by John Young, 1755–1825
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (second state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/8 × 15 1/2 inches (51.8 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

82. 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

83. Joseph Sold by his Brethren

Creator:: Print made by Robert Dunkarton, 1744–1811
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/8 × 25 inches (54.3 × 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

84. 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

85. La Signora Zamperini in the Character of Cecchina

Creator:: Print made by John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/16 x 11 5/16 inches (39.2 x 28.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

86. Kitty Clive as Lady Easy in "The Careless Husband"

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1739
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 inches (27.6 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

87. Sylvio and Dorinda

Creator:: Print made by William Faithorne the Younger, ca. 1669–1703
Date:: between 1752 and 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/16 x 14 1/8 inches (26.2 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

88. Edwin

Creator:: Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/16 x 10 1/16 inches (36 x 25.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

89. Angelina

Creator:: Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 x 10 3/16 inches (33.4 x 25.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

90. Pamela and Philoclea

Creator:: Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: ca. 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 8 inches (22.3 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

91. Lycidas and Phillis

Creator:: Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 5 1/8 inches (16.7 × 13 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

92. Ulysses and Circes

Creator:: Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 12 11/16 inches (24.8 × 32.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

93. Venus Presenting Armour to Aeneas

Creator:: Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 13 1/16 inches (25.4 × 33.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

94. Venus and Adonis

Creator:: Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 14 inches (26.4 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

95. The Judgement of Paris

Creator:: Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint with line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 × 12 7/16 inches (27.5 × 31.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

96. Renoldo and Armida

Creator:: Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 12 1/16 inches (27.9 × 30.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

97. Acteon and Diana

Creator:: Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/16 × 10 1/16 inches (35.7 × 25.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

98. Lisabetta

Creator:: Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 9 3/8 inches (34 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

99. Saberna, or the Effects of Falshood

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Park, ca. 1760–1834
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 × 11 1/4 inches (39.4 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

100. Saberna

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Park, ca. 1760–1834
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 × 12 13/16 inches (42.9 × 32.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. The Lady of Shalott

2. Puck and Fairies, from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

3. Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest"

4. The Seven Ages of Man: The Lover, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

5. The Seven Ages of Man: The Soldier, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

6. Shylock and Jessica from the 'Merchant of Venice,' II, ii

7. Children Acting the 'Play Scene' from "Hamlet," Act II, Scene ii

8. Master Betty as Hamlet, before a Bust of Shakespeare

9. The Seven Ages of Man: The Infant, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

10. The Seven Ages of Man: The Schoolboy, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

11. The Seven Ages of Man: The Justice, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

12. Cordelia Championed by the Earl of Kent, from Shakespeare's "King Lear," I, i

13. Falstaff at Herne's Oak, from "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Act V, Scene v

14. The Return of Othello, 'Othello,' Act II, Scene II

15. Olivia, Maria and Malvolio from "Twelfth Night," Act III, Scene iv

16. The Seven Ages of Man: The Pantaloon, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

17. The Seven Ages of Man: Second Childishness, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

18. Shylock and Tubal from "The Merchant of Venice"

19. Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest," Act I, scene ii

20. Falstaff and the recruits, from "Henry IV, Part II"

21. Portia and Shylock, from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice", IV, i

22. Procession of Characters from Shakespeare's Plays

23. Falstaff with the Body of Hotspur

24. David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in "Romeo and Juliet", Act V, Scene iii

25. The First Appearance of William Shakespeare on the Stage of the Globe Theatre

26. Jaques and the Wounded Stag: 'As You Like It,' Act II, Scene I

27. Oberon and Titania from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Act IV, Scene i

28. Buck Washing on Datchet Mead from 'The Merry Wives of Windsor,' III, v

29. Herne's Oak from 'The Merry Wives of Windsor,' V, v

30. Cymon and Iphigenia

31. Slender, with the Assistance of Shallow, Courting Anne Page, from "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Act III, Scene iv

32. Sylvia and the Wounded Stag

33. Oberon and Titania

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

35. The Shepherd, from Songs of Innocence

36. The Gambols of Ghosts According with Their Affections Previous to the Final Judgement

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

38. Cleopatra on the Cydnus to Meet Antony

39. Falstaff Disguised as Herne

40. MacBeth: The Banquet Scene - MacBeth, Act II, Scene IV

41. Launce Teaching His Dog Crab

42. The Sleepwalking Scene in Macbeth

43. The Death of Cordelia

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

45. Falstaff Carrying Dead Hotspur

46. Macbeth and Banquo on the Heath

47. Apotheosis of Shakespeare's Characters

48. Nature unveils herself to the infant Shakespeare: Thomas Gray, The Progress of Poesy, III.1

49. Diligence and Dissipation: The Wanton in her Bed Chamber (Plate 3)

50. Diligence and Dissipation: The Wanton turn'd out of Doors for Misconduct (Plate 5)

51. Diligence and Dissipation: The Modest Girl and the Wanton/ Fellow Servants in a Gentleman's House (Plate 1)

52. Diligence and Dissipation: Good Advice from an Old Servant to the Young Ones (Plate 2)

53. Diligence and Dissipation: The Modest Girl rejects the Illicit Addresses of her Master (Plate 6)

54. Diligence and Dissipation: The Good Girl Receives the Honourable Addresses of her Master (Plate 8)

55. Diligence and Dissipation: The Wanton Revelling with her Companions (Plate7)

56. Diligence and Dissipation: The Modest Girl in her Bed Chamber (Plate 4)

57. Diligence and Dissipation: The Good Girl Married to her Master/ The Wanton laid in her Grave (Plate 10)

58. The Cottagers

59. Mrs. Siddons, in the Character of the Tragic Muse

60. The Honble Mrs. Tollemache, in the Character of Miranda

61. Mary Hale (née Chaloner) as Euphrosyne in 'L'Allegro'

62. Miss Elizabeth Beauclerc as 'Una'

63. Phoebe Hoppner as Caroline de Lichtfield

64. Mrs. Michael Angelo Taylor as 'Miranda'

65. Miss Crockatt as Julia de Roubigné

66. Dorothea

67. Mordecai

68. Sylvia

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

70. Illustration to the Maids of Elfen-Mere

71. Cymon and Iphigenia

72. Emma, Lady Hamilton as 'Ariadne'

73. Mrs. Jordan as L'Allegro