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

1. Oberon and Titania

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

2. The Vine

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

3. The Vine

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

4. The Vine

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

5. The Vine

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

6. 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

7. Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard III

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1746
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mrs. Lyall Dean, Mrs. Borden Helmer, and the Estate of Bliss Reed Crocker in memory of Mr and Mrs. Edward Bliss Reed, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

8. Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene V

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 × 16 9/16 inches (31.2 × 42 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

9. Octavius Augustus Cæsar

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

10. The Death of Juliet

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 5 5/8 inches (24.4 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

11. "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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

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

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1789
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Macbeth

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 6 1/2in. (21.6 x 16.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. A Memorial to Shakespeare

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 4 1/4in. (17.8 x 10.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

25. Mr. Kemble as Henry V

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 3in. (15.6 x 7.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

26. Edmund Kean as Richard III

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 7 1/4in. (24.1 x 18.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

27. Mr. Kean as Othello

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 8in. (24.1 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

28. Titania and Bottom

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and engraving, color printed, hand colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/2 x 15 1/4in. (54.6 x 38.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

29. Allegorical Homage to Shakespeare

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Colored stipple engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 9 1/2in. (29.2 x 24.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

30. Launce Teaching his Dog Crab to behave as a Dog in all things - "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," Act IV, Scene IV

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving and stipple engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 18 7/8in. (41.9 x 47.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

31. Launce Teaching his Dog Crab to behave as a Dog in all things - "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," Act IV, Scene IV

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving and stipple engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 18 7/8in. (41.9 x 47.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

32. 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

33. Talma, role d'Hamlet et Mlle. Duchenois, role de Gertrude, no. 277

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 5 5/8in. (19.7 x 14.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

34. Kean, in the Character of Richard III

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 8 3/4in. (29.8 x 22.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

35. 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

36. 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

37. William Shakespeare, Poete Anglais (Dessine d'apres le buste en marbre qui est a L'Universite D'Oxford)

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 x 11 7/8in. (37.8 x 30.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

38. 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

39. 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

40. The Infant

Creator:: Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 10 7/8 inches (22.8 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

41. The Lover

Creator:: Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 × 11 1/4 inches (23.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

42. The School-Boy

Creator:: Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 1/4 inches (22.6 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

43. The Justice

Creator:: Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/16 × 11 1/4 inches (23 × 28.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

44. Here Nature List'ning Stood

Creator:: Print made by Cornelis Apostool, 1762–1844
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 5 15/16 inches (22.8 × 15.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

45. A Great Actor between Tragedy and Comedy

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/16 x 16 5/16 inches (28.4 x 41.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

46. The Young Roscius

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with hand coloring on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 × 11 1/8 inches (34.6 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

47. Come Gentle Night: "Romeo and Juliet," Act III, Scene II

Creator:: Print made by James H. Baker, born 1829
Date:: between 1839 and 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, line engraving, and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 3/8 inches (28.2 x 21.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

48. ...in ein Nonnen Kloster geh: 'Hamlet,' Act III, Scene IX

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 3 3/4 inches (16.4 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

49. Macbeth and the Murderers - "Macbeth," Act III, Scene I

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving and stipple engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 x 18 3/4in. (41.3 x 47.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

50. Seht Ihr denn nichts hier: 'Hamlet,' Act IV, Scene II

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 4 inches (16.3 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

51. Gloucestershire. Before Shallow's house: 'Henry IV Part II,' Act III, Scene II

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: after 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/16 × 8 9/16 inches (16.1 × 21.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

52. Another Part of the Field: 'Henry IV Part I,' Act V, Scene IV

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: after 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/16 × 8 7/16 inches (15.7 × 21.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

53. A Fancy Sketch, to the Memory of Shakespeare

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching
Dimensions:: Image: 6 3/4 x 9 7/8in. (17.1 x 25.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

54. London. A Street: 'Henry IV Part II,' Act II, Scene I

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: after 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 8 1/8 inches (14.9 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

55. Hamlet in Scotland

Creator:: Print made by Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches (28.6 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

56. Shakespeare in His Study

Creator:: James Faed Sr., 1821–1911
Date:: 1859
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, stipple engraving, etching, and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 5/8 x 18 1/8 inches (62.6 x 46.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

57. Mr. W. J. Hammond and Miss Daly as Othello and Desdemona at the New Strand Theatre

Creator:: Print made by John W. Gear, 1806–1866
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/16 x 14 9/16 inches (26.2 x 37 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

58. London. The Boar's-head Tavern in Eastcheap: 'Henry IV Part II,' Act II, Scene IV

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: after 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 8 1/8 inches (16.4 × 20.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

59. Viola nach Shakespeare von Deinhardstein - Costume Bild zur Theatrezeitung

Creator:: Andreas Geiger, 1765–1856
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/16 x 12 1/16 inches (24 x 30.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

60. "Antony and Cleopatra," Act III, Scene XI

Creator:: Georg Goldberg, 1830–1894
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 1/16 inches (28.2 x 20.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

61. Mr. Kemble, of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

Creator:: Print made by William Nelson Gardiner, 1766–1814
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 × 5 1/2 inches (21.8 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

62. The Dreams of the Youthful Shakespeare

Creator:: Print made by Augustus Fox, 1800–1876
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 3 15/16 inches (15.8 × 10 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

63. "Then go, bid the huntsmen wake them with their horns"

Creator:: James Heath, 1757–1834
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 13/16 x 12 15/16 inches (42.7 x 32.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

64. "Here, I and sorrows sit; here is my throne, bid kings come and bow to it"

Creator:: James Heath, 1757–1834
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 13 inches (42.8 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

65. "We come to visit you: and purpose now, to lead you to our court: vouchsafe it then."

Creator:: James Heath, 1757–1834
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 13 inches (42.8 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

66. Shakespear Chair

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, tone left on plate
Dimensions:: Image: 6 1/2 x 1 1/2in. (16.5 x 3.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

67. Mr. Macready as Hamlet and Mr. Stuart as the Ghost - "Hamlet," Act I, Scene V

Creator:: Possibly George Hollis, 1792–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 7in. (26.7 x 17.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

68. Mr. G. V. Brooke as Othello and James Bennett as Iago - 'Othello,' Act III, Scene III

Creator:: Benjamin Holl, 1808–1884
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving made from a daguerrotype
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 6 1/8in. (23.5 x 15.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

69. David Garrick

Creator:: Richard Josey, 1840/41–1906
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving and mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 28 x 17 3/8in. (71.1 x 44.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

70. "Macbeth": Theatre-Figuren

Creator:: Gustav Kuhn, 1872–ca. 1928
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 12 1/2in. (34 x 31.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

71. The Play Scene, "Hamlet", Act III, Scene II

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Colored lithograph, heightened with oils and decorated with gold and flowered ornaments
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 x 28in. (53.3 x 71.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

72. Desdemona and Othello

Creator:: Print made by William Nutter, 1754–1802
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving reinforced with etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 15 7/8in. (36.8 x 40.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

73. Oberon and Titania - "Midsummer Night's Dream", Act II, Scene III

Creator:: Charles Mottram, 1807–1876
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 8 1/2in. (27.9 x 21.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

74. Rosalind, Celia and Orlando - "As You Like It", Act III, Scene II

Creator:: Charles Gauthier Playter, died 1809
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 x 14 9/16in. (36.5 x 37cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

75. Mr. Kean as Gloster in "Richard III"

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Etching
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

76. Richard III in his Tent - "Richard III", Act V, Scene III

Creator:: Piercy Roberts, active 1795–1828
Materials & Techniques:: Colored aquatint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 x 10 1/4in. (31.4 x 26cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

77. Kemble

Creator:: William Sharp, 1749–1824
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 12in. (22.9 x 30.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

78. Falstaff - "Henry IV", Part II, Act V, Scene IV

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Color lithograph
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 Fund

79. Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Sir Toby Belch and the Clown - "Twelfth Night", Act II, Scene III

Creator:: Peltro W. Tomkins, 1760–1840
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 × 19 1/4 inches (42.2 × 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

80. The Infant Shakspeare attended by Nature and the Passions

Creator:: Charles Normand, 1765–1840
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Image: 3 1/2 x 4in. (8.9 x 10.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

81. Lady Christiana Collier (née Gwyn)

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

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

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

83. Mrs. Siddons in the Character of the Tragic Muse

Creator:: Francis Haward, 1759–1797
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving
Dimensions:: Plate: 23 3/4 x 18in. (60.3 x 45.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Portia

Creator:: Edward Robert Hughes, 1851–1914
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted to board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 × 29 inches (53.3 × 73.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

85. The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth with the Body (and Lady Macbeth Approaching)

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 x 5 1/16in. (11.1 x 12.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. The Murder of Duncan - Lady Macbeth, Approaching Macbeth and the Body

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 1 13/16 inches (11.1 × 4.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth Stabbing Duncan

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on moderately thick, textured, brown laid paper pasted on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 11/16 × 9 9/16 inches (14.4 × 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth with the Daggers

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 11/16 × 8 5/8 inches (14.4 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. The Murder of Duncan - Study of Sleeping Grooms

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 13/16 × 7 7/16 inches (9.7 × 18.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth with the Body (and Lady Macbeth Approaching)

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 5 1/16 inches (11.1 × 12.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. The Murder of Duncan - Lady Macbeth, Approaching Macbeth and the Body

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/16 x 2 11/16 inches (11.2 x 6.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. The Murder of Duncan - The Sleeping Groom

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 x 6 7/8in. (11.1 x 17.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

98. 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

99. 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

100. 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

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1. Oberon and Titania

2. The Vine

3. The Vine

4. The Vine

5. The Vine

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

7. Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard III

8. Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene V

9. Octavius Augustus Cæsar

10. The Death of Juliet

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

12. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

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

14. Witches' Cavern: MacBeth's Second Visit

15. Standing Figure, Probably for Lady Macbeth

16. Miranda, Prospero, and Caliban: The Tempest

17. Prospero and Miranda

18. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

19. John Henderson as Falstaff

20. The Banquet Scene

21. The Witches' Cavern

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

23. Macbeth

24. A Memorial to Shakespeare

25. Mr. Kemble as Henry V

26. Edmund Kean as Richard III

27. Mr. Kean as Othello

28. Titania and Bottom

29. Allegorical Homage to Shakespeare

30. Launce Teaching his Dog Crab to behave as a Dog in all things - "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," Act IV, Scene IV

31. Launce Teaching his Dog Crab to behave as a Dog in all things - "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," Act IV, Scene IV

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

33. Talma, role d'Hamlet et Mlle. Duchenois, role de Gertrude, no. 277

34. Kean, in the Character of Richard III

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

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

37. William Shakespeare, Poete Anglais (Dessine d'apres le buste en marbre qui est a L'Universite D'Oxford)

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

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

40. The Infant

41. The Lover

42. The School-Boy

43. The Justice

44. Here Nature List'ning Stood

45. A Great Actor between Tragedy and Comedy

46. The Young Roscius

47. Come Gentle Night: "Romeo and Juliet," Act III, Scene II

48. ...in ein Nonnen Kloster geh: 'Hamlet,' Act III, Scene IX

49. Macbeth and the Murderers - "Macbeth," Act III, Scene I

50. Seht Ihr denn nichts hier: 'Hamlet,' Act IV, Scene II

51. Gloucestershire. Before Shallow's house: 'Henry IV Part II,' Act III, Scene II

52. Another Part of the Field: 'Henry IV Part I,' Act V, Scene IV

53. A Fancy Sketch, to the Memory of Shakespeare

54. London. A Street: 'Henry IV Part II,' Act II, Scene I

55. Hamlet in Scotland

56. Shakespeare in His Study

57. Mr. W. J. Hammond and Miss Daly as Othello and Desdemona at the New Strand Theatre

58. London. The Boar's-head Tavern in Eastcheap: 'Henry IV Part II,' Act II, Scene IV

59. Viola nach Shakespeare von Deinhardstein - Costume Bild zur Theatrezeitung

60. "Antony and Cleopatra," Act III, Scene XI

61. Mr. Kemble, of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

62. The Dreams of the Youthful Shakespeare

63. "Then go, bid the huntsmen wake them with their horns"

64. "Here, I and sorrows sit; here is my throne, bid kings come and bow to it"

65. "We come to visit you: and purpose now, to lead you to our court: vouchsafe it then."

66. Shakespear Chair

67. Mr. Macready as Hamlet and Mr. Stuart as the Ghost - "Hamlet," Act I, Scene V

68. Mr. G. V. Brooke as Othello and James Bennett as Iago - 'Othello,' Act III, Scene III

69. David Garrick

70. "Macbeth": Theatre-Figuren

71. The Play Scene, "Hamlet", Act III, Scene II

72. Desdemona and Othello

73. Oberon and Titania - "Midsummer Night's Dream", Act II, Scene III

74. Rosalind, Celia and Orlando - "As You Like It", Act III, Scene II