On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Associated People: Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet / Classification: Drawings & Watercolors

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. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: between 1774 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 19 5/16 inches (30.7 x 49 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

3. Prospero and Miranda

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 5/16 x 13 5/8 inches (51.6 x 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

4. Miranda, Prospero, and Caliban: The Tempest

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 22 1/8 inches (39.4 x 56.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

5. "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

6. The Banquet Scene

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 8 3/16 inches (14 x 20.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

7. The Witches' Cavern

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: between 1792 and 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 9 3/16 inches (14.3 x 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

8. Exit Pursued by a Bear, or "The Abandonment of Perdita" from "The Winter's Tale"

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches (14.3 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

9. Witches' Cavern: MacBeth's Second Visit

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 9 inches (14.3 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

10. Standing Figure, Probably for Lady Macbeth

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 3 7/8 inches (16.5 x 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery

11. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 x 19 5/16 inches (38 x 49 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

12. John Henderson as Falstaff

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Gray ink and gray wash with pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (39.3 x 31.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. Woman 'Cleopatra'

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 8 inches (19 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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

45. 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

46. Alcibiades and Timon

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/16 × 10 5/16 inches (28.1 × 26.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

47. 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

48. 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

49. 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

50. 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

51. 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

52. 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

53. 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

54. 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

55. 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

56. Study for Burying the Royal Children

Creator:: James Northcote, 1746–1831
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 11 1/4 inches (43.2 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

57. Macbeth and the Witches

Creator:: James Northcote, 1746–1831
Date:: between 1777 and 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches (32.4 x 41.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

58. 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

59. 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

60. Isabella and Mariana Kneeling Before the Duke

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: 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

61. Katherina and Grumio

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, oil, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream beige paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 4 3/8in. (16.2 x 11.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Lady Mortimer's Welsh Song

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 15/16 x 4 5/16 inches (17.7 x 11 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Woman Sleeping in the Nude in a Wooded Landscape

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, oil, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 5 7/16 inches (10.2 × 13.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Juliet About to Take her Sleeping Draught

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (16.5 x 11.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Launce with his Dog Crab

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: ca. 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 6 1/2in. (20.6 x 16.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Falstaff at Herne's Oak

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
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: 7 5/16 x 4 1/2 inches (18.6 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Sketch of a Dog

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 1 15/16 × 5 15/16 inches (4.9 × 15.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. Figure Studies of a Group of People in a Wooded Clearing

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown inki, brown wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 × 5 1/2 inches (7.9 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Study of the Head of a Snake

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 × 6 5/8 inches (11.9 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Study of a Woman, Imploring for the Return of Her Captive Child

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 9/16 × 3 9/16 inches (14.1 × 9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. figure Studies for Medieval Noble Life

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 5/16 inches (23.2 × 18.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Skech for Timon of Athens

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 5 1/8 × 9 7/16 inches (13 × 24 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Scene of a Bacchanalia

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, groache and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 5 5/16 × 4 1/4 inches (13.5 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Banquet Scene, with a Roman Soldeir Kneeling to a Famale Figure Sitting on a Throne

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite and gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/16 × 4 3/16 inches (12.9 × 10.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Man Seated while Speaking to a Soldier Who is Standing

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, varnish, pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 11 3/4 × 8 3/4 inches (29.8 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. Battle Scene

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 8 15/16 inches (12.7 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Oberon and Titania

2. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

3. Prospero and Miranda

4. Miranda, Prospero, and Caliban: The Tempest

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

6. The Banquet Scene

7. The Witches' Cavern

8. Exit Pursued by a Bear, or "The Abandonment of Perdita" from "The Winter's Tale"

9. Witches' Cavern: MacBeth's Second Visit

10. Standing Figure, Probably for Lady Macbeth

11. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

12. John Henderson as Falstaff

13. Malvolio Dancing

14. Memorial to David Garrick from Hampton Church

15. Falstaff Instructing Bardolph

16. Falstaff Dragging the Body of Hotspur

17. Anne Page and Slender

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

19. Lysander Awakening to See Helena

20. Falstaff in the Boar's Head

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

22. Falstaff at Herne's Oak

23. Studies for Shylock

24. Prospero and Ariel

25. Birnam Wood

26. Portrait of Moses Kean

27. Launce Teaching His Dog Crab

28. Macbeth and Banquo on the Heath

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

30. Falstaff Disguised as Herne

31. Shakespeare's Cliff, Dover

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

33. Woman 'Cleopatra'

34. The Murder of Banquo

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

36. The Sleepwalking Scene in Macbeth

37. The Death of Cordelia

38. Lear in the Storm

39. Falstaff Carrying Dead Hotspur

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

41. Cleopatra on the Cydnus to Meet Antony

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

43. Enter Malvolio, Crossgartered...

44. Apotheosis of Shakespeare's Characters

45. Hecate

46. Alcibiades and Timon

47. Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda

48. Shakespeare House, Aldersgate Street

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

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

51. Ferdinand Riding the Waves

52. Queen Katherine's Dream

53. Sketches for a Scene from 'Macbeth'

54. Falstaff Inspecting the Recruits

55. Literary Characters Assembled Around the Medallion of Shakespeare

56. Study for Burying the Royal Children

57. Macbeth and the Witches

58. Prospero Summoning Ariel

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

60. Isabella and Mariana Kneeling Before the Duke

61. Katherina and Grumio

62. Lady Mortimer's Welsh Song

63. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

64. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

65. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

66. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

67. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

68. Woman Sleeping in the Nude in a Wooded Landscape

69. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

70. Juliet About to Take her Sleeping Draught

71. Launce with his Dog Crab

72. Falstaff at Herne's Oak

73. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare