Image Use: Free to Use / Associated People: Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet

1. Shakespeare

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 16in. (50.2 x 40.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

2. Mr. Kean as Richard III

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 9 1/4in. (18.7 x 23.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

3. The Green Room at Drury Lane Theatre

Creator:: George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection

4. Characters from a German Production of Macbeth (one of six etchings)

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with aquatint on paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 9in. (15.9 x 22.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

5. Characters from a German Production of Macbeth (one of six etchings)

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with aquatint on paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 9in. (15.9 x 22.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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

Creator:: Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 13 3/8in. (40.6 x 34cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Characters from a German Production of Macbeth (one of six etchings)

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with aquatint on paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 9in. (15.9 x 22.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. Characters from a German Production of Macbeth (one of six etchings)

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with aquatint on paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 9in. (15.9 x 22.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

10. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

11. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

12. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

13. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

14. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

15. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

16. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

17. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

18. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

19. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

20. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

21. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

22. Untitled: The Persian and the Slave Merchants

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Image: 4 1/8 x 3 3/8in. (10.5 x 8.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Untitled: Bedreddin's flight from Cairo

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Image: 5 1/8 x 3 3/4in. (13 x 9.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. The Gem for 1830

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/2 × 12 inches (44.5 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. The Final Resignation of Prejudices

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Image: 7 3/4 x 5in. (19.7 x 12.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Cesar Passing the Rubicon

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Image: 7 3/4 x 5in. (19.7 x 12.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Untitled: Cesar Passing the Rubicon

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Image: 6 1/2 x 5in. (16.5 x 12.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Untitled: Two Classical Domestic Scenes

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 × 8 1/2 inches (14.6 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

30. Untitled: Alnaschar's Vision

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Image: 5 1/16 x 3 7/8in. (12.9 x 9.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. King John

Creator:: William Wynne Ryland, 1732–1783
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Twelve etchings of Characters from Shakespear: 3) Cassandra, from Troilus and Cressida, Act II, Scene 4 (sic)(Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968 - Number 79)

Twelve etchings of Characters from Shakespear: 3) Cassandra, from Troilus and Cressida, Act II, Scene 4 (sic)(Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968 - Number 79)

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 13 3/4in. (43.2 x 34.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, Queen of England

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

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

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

35. Mrs. Siddons

Creator:: William Holl II, 1807–1871
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 x 11 1/2in. (39.1 x 29.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Herman W. Liebert

36. Sir John Falstaff in the Buck Basket

Creator:: L. Truchy, 1721–1764
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Smirke [Shakespeare] Album

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

38. Wm. Shakespeare

Creator:: Print made by John S. Muller, ca. 1715–1792
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 3 7/8 inches (16.2 × 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

39. Shakespeare. and his natal house

Creator:: W. Read, active 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 4 1/8 inches (16.5 × 10.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

40. Shakspeare from the First Folio Edition

Creator:: John Swaine, 1775–1860
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 11/16 x 5 7/8in. (24.6 x 14.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

41. Shakspeare from the First Folio Edition

Creator:: John Swaine, 1775–1860
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 5 x 4in. (12.7 x 10.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

42. Shakspeare

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 5 7/8 x 4 1/16in. (14.9 x 10.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

43. Untitled: William Shakespeare

Materials & Techniques:: Etching on wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 4 3/16 x 3 3/16in. (10.6 x 8.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

44. Untitled: William Shakespeare

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 5 1/2in. (22.2 x 14cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

45. Shakspeare from the Chandos Picture

Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 7 1/16 x 4 3/4in. (17.9 x 12.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

46. Shakespear

Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 4 inches (16.8 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

47. William Shakspere

Creator:: Johann Heinrich Lips, 1758–1817
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 5 1/4 x 2 13/16in. (13.3 x 7.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

48. William Shakespeare

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 x 3 7/8in. (16.4 x 9.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

49. Untitled: Portraits of British Playwrights

Materials & Techniques:: Etching on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 4 13/16 inches (19.1 × 12.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

50. Shakespeare

Creator:: Sir George Howland Beaumont seventh Baronet, 1753–1827
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 3 3/4 inches (16.2 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

51. Shakspeare

Creator:: Thomas Hollis, 1818–1843
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 4 1/8 x 3 9/16in. (10.5 x 9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

52. Untitled: Portraits of British Thinkers

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, line engraving, and roulette
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 7 3/4in. (26 x 19.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

53. Comedies

Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 × 7 3/4 inches (27.5 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

54. Untitled: Portrait of William Shakespeare

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 8 9/16 x 6 7/8in. (21.7 x 17.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

55. Untitled portrait of William Shakespeare

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 6 3/4in. (26 x 17.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

56. Shakspeare (from the Chandos Picture)

Creator:: unknown artist
Dimensions:: Image: 5 x 3 3/4in. (12.7 x 9.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

57. Shakespeare

Materials & Techniques:: Etching on laid paper
Dimensions:: Image: 5 5/16 x 3 7/16in. (13.5 x 8.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

58. Untitled: Portrait of William Shakespeare

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 6 9/16in. (21.9 x 16.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

59. Shakspere

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 3 3/8 inches (14.3 × 8.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

60. William Shakespeare

Creator:: Henry Bryan Hall, 1808–1884
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/16 x 6 7/16in. (24 x 16.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

61. Shakspeare

Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 3 3/8 x 2 13/16in. (8.6 x 7.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

62. William Shakespeare

Creator:: William Holl II, 1807–1871
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 4 1/2 x 4in. (11.4 x 10.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

63. William Shakespeare

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 6 1/8 x 3 7/8in. (15.6 x 9.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

64. William Shakespeare

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 6 1/8 x 3 7/8in. (15.6 x 9.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

65. William Shakespeare

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:: Image: 6 1/8 x 3 7/8in. (15.6 x 9.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

66. William Shakespeare

Creator:: William Holl II, 1807–1871
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 4 1/2 x 4in. (11.4 x 10.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

67. William Shakespeare

Creator:: Benjamin Holl, 1808–1884
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 6 3/4 inches (25.7 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

68. Shakespeare

Creator:: Gerard van der Gucht, 1696–1776
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (13.3 × 8.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

69. Shakespeare

Creator:: Gerard van der Gucht, 1696–1776
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 3 3/4in. (16.5 x 9.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

70. William Shakespeare

Creator:: Benjamin Holl, 1808–1884
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 6 3/4in. (26 x 17.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

71. William Shakespeare

Creator:: Benjamin Holl, 1808–1884
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 x 6 5/8in. (25.7 x 16.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

72. William Shakespeare

Creator:: Benjamin Holl, 1808–1884
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 x 6 5/8in. (25.7 x 16.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

73. William Shakespeare

Creator:: Benjamin Holl, 1808–1884
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/16 x 6 5/8in. (25.9 x 16.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

74. Shakspeare

Creator:: Edward Scriven, 1775–1841
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving and stipple engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 5 1/8 x 4in. (13 x 10.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

75. Shakspeare

Creator:: Edward Scriven, 1775–1841
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving and stipple engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 5 1/8 x 4in. (13 x 10.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

76. Shakspeare

Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 5 5/16 x 4 5/16in. (13.5 x 11cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

77. Shakspeare

Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 5 5/16 x 4 5/16in. (13.5 x 11cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

78. William Shakespeare, From the Ely House Portrait at Stratford-on-Avon

Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 4 7/8in. (17.8 x 12.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

79. Shakspeare

Materials & Techniques:: Etching, stipple engraving and line engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 5 1/2in. (22.2 x 14cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund