Collection: Prints and Drawings / Period: 18th century / Subject Terms: literary theme

unknown artist

Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (two of four)

ca. 1710

unknown artist

Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (one of four)

ca. 1710

unknown artist

Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (three of four)

ca. 1710

Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811

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

ca. 1790

Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782

Gulliver Bound by the Lilliputians

undated

Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764

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

Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815

Lovelace in Prison

1788

James Barry, 1741–1806

King Lear and Cordelia, Act V, Scene 10

1776

Print made by James Barry, 1741–1806

King Lear and Cordelia

1776

Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Virgilia and Volumnia Plead with Coriolanus

ca. 1795

unknown artist

Phryne

undated

Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812

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

1797

Print made by William Sharp, 1749–1824

The Tempest, Act I Sc. 3

1783

Thomas Carwitham, active 1723

Illustration to Homer's Iliad

1723

Thomas Carwitham, active 1723

The Daughters of Cecrops discover Ericthonius: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2

1723

Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832

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

1786

Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812

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

1797

Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812

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

1797

Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812

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

1797

unknown artist

Robin Hood and Clarinda hunting deer in a wooded landscape

undated

Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812

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

1797

Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812

Diligence and Dissipation: The Wanton Dying in Poverty and Disease Visited by the Modest Girl (Plate 9)

1797

Carington Bowles, 1724–1793

Twelve Illustrations of Robinson Crusoe

1783

James Peak, 1703–1782

Mercury and Battus

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

The Journalist, with a view of Auchinleck or the Land of Stones

1786

John Chapman, active ca. 1792–1823

Jacques discovered by the Duke

1795

Peter Simon, 1750–1810

Tom Jones; The Interview of Tom Jones, and Sophia, after the Reconciliation

1789

unknown artist

Falstaff reproved by King Henry

1792

Engraved by William Woollett, 1735–1785

Celadon and Amelia

1766

William Woollett, 1735–1785

Macbeth and the Witches

1770

unknown artist

Falstaff Reproved by King Henry

1792

Peltro W. Tomkins, 1760–1840

The Three Witches

1786

Print made by Cornelis Apostool, 1762–1844

Here Nature List'ning Stood

1795

Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798

Miss Crockatt as Julia de Roubigné

1786

Print made by John Finlayson, 1730–1776

David Garrick in the Character of 'Kitely'

1769

Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798

Phoebe Hoppner as Caroline de Lichtfield

1786

Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811

David Garrick as Richard III

1772

Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823

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

1780

Print made by Thomas Watson, 1743–1781

Sigismunda

1779

Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756

Kitty Clive as Lady Easy in "The Careless Husband"

1739

Print made by John Hall, 1739–1797

Comedies

ca. 1776

James Fittler, 1758–1835

'The Gamester,' Act V, Scene IV

1792

Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812

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

1797

Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812

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

1797

Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812

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

1797

Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785

Lucilia

1776

Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785

Don Ferdinand

1777

Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834

One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"

ca. 1784

Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1750–ca.1790

Juliet

1779

Print made by Hugh Downman, d. 1789

Mr. Edwin and Mrs. Wells in the Characters of Lingo and Cowslip

ca. 1787

Print made by Francis Haward, 1759–1797

Mrs. Siddons, in the Character of the Tragic Muse

1787

John Flaxman Seventeen Sketches chiefly of Mrs. Siddons in the Roles of Titania or Constance (King John) and including a Sketch of Kemble as Hamlet and a Study of Puck

John Flaxman, 1755–1826

Seventeen Sketches chiefly of Mrs. Siddons in the Roles of Titania or Constance (King John) and including a Sketch of Kemble as Hamlet and a Study of Puck

ca. 1795

Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785

Miss Kitty Fisher as 'Cleopatra Dissolving the Pearl'

between 1752 and 1763

Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756

Margaret Woffington as Mrs. Ford in "The Merry Wives of Windsor"

1751

Print made by John Finlayson, 1730–1776

La Signora Zamperini in the Character of Cecchina

1769

Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834

One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"

ca. 1784

Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834

One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"

ca. 1784

Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834

One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"

ca. 1784

Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834

One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"

ca. 1784

Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834

One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"

ca. 1784

Print made by John Blackmore, active 1740–1780

Sigismonda

between 1769 and 1771

Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785

Edwin

1776

Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785

Edwin

1776

Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785

Angelina

1776

Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785

Clara

1777

Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785

Don Ferdinand

1777

Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785

George Primrose

1777

Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785

Burchell Reading the Ballad

1776

Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813

Pamela and Philoclea

ca. 1777

Joseph Grozer, ca. 1755–1798

The Death of Dido

1796

Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815

Ophelia: There Is Rue for You and Here's Some for Me

1784

Print made by Daniel Berger, 1744–1824

Die Maussalle.... - "Hamlet," Act III, Scene II

between 1778 and 1780

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815

Queen Katherine's Dream - "Henry VIII"

1788

Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801

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

1778

Print made by Thomas Cheesman, 1760–1834/35

The Supposed Death of Imogen, 'Cymbeline,' Act IV, Scene IV

1792

Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801

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

1778

Print made by Robert Dighton, 1752–1814

Hamlet in Scotland

1794

William Nutter, 1754–1802

Mr. Macklin and Mrs. Pope in the Characters of Shylock and Portia

1789

Charles Spooner, c.1720–1767

Mr. Garrick in the Character of King Lear - "King Lear", Act III, Scene V

1761

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815

Cordelia

1784

James Gillray, 1756–1815

Sophia, Honour, and the Chambermaid

1780

Guillaume Philippe Benoist Pamela Swooning, after having discovered Mr. B. in the closet, He (frighted) endeavouring to recover her, Mrs. Jervis wringing her hands, and screaming

Print made by Guillaume Philippe Benoist, 1725–ca. 1770

Pamela Swooning, after having discovered Mr. B. in the closet, He (frighted) endeavouring to recover her, Mrs. Jervis wringing her hands, and screaming

1745