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David Garrick and his wife Eva Maria Garrick (née Veigel) by his Temple to Shakespeare at Hampton
Creator:
Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:
ca. 1762
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
43 1/4 x 53 inches (109.9 x 134.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Henry Woodward as Petruchio in Catherine and Petruchio, a version by Garrick of "The Taming of the Shrew"
Creator:
Benjamin van der Gucht, 1753–1794
Date:
between 1773 and 1774
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Imogen and the Shepherds, 'Cymbeline,' Act IV, scene II
Creator:
James Smetham, 1821–1889
Date:
ca. 1874
Materials & Techniques:
Oil over ink on panel
Dimensions:
4 3/4 x 12 9/16 inches (12.1 x 31.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia
Creator:
Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764
Date:
ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
15 1/16 x 20 9/16 inches (38.3 x 52.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Valentine rescuing Silvia from Proteus, from Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," Act V, Scene 4, the Outlaws' Cave
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
65 1/2 x 52 1/2 inches (166.4 x 133.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia
Creator:
Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764
Date:
1755
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
84 x 82 inches (213.4 x 208.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Louis-Francois Roubiliac Modelling His Monument to Shakespeare
Creator:
Adrien Carpentiers, active 1739–1778
Date:
between 1760 and 1761
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 1/4 x 39 3/4 inches (127.6 x 101 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Hamlet and his Mother; The Closet Scene
Creator:
Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:
1846
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 1/4 × 34 inches (102.2 × 86.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The revelation of Olivia's betrothal, from "Twelfth Night," Act V, Scene i
Creator:
William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
13 1/2 x 17 inches (34.3 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Scene from Shakespeare's "Henry IV, Part I"
Creator:
Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772
Date:
1746
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
36 x 28 1/2 inches (91.4 x 72.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

11. The Vine

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

12. The Vine

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

13. The Vine

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
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
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
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
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
Design for Midsummer Night's Dream
Creator:
Thomas Grieve, 1799–1882
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, pen and ink, and graphite, squared for transfer on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 22 × 6 1/2 inches (55.9 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design for A Winter's Tale
Creator:
Thomas Grieve, 1799–1882
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/8 × 12 3/4 inches (18.7 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
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
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
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
Creator:
John Flaxman, 1755–1826
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Album of pen and ink sketches on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/2 x 7 3/8in. (26.7 x 18.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff
Creator:
Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:
1826
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 × 17 3/4 inches (27.9 × 45.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff
Creator:
Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:
1826
Materials & Techniques:
Etching; open etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 15 1/2 inches (28.6 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff
Creator:
Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:
1826
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11 3/4 inches (21.9 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff
Creator:
Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:
1826
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/4 × 19 5/8 inches (32.4 × 49.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. King Lear

King Lear
Creator:
James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:
1776
Materials & Techniques:
Etching
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff
Creator:
Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:
1826
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/4 × 11 3/4 inches (22.2 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
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
Shakespeare's Monument at the Church at Stratford upon Avon
Creator:
Print made by John Horsburgh, 1791–1869
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving, first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine-collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/4 × 11 3/4 inches (43.8 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
Portrait Studies of Actors including Mary Wells as Cowslip, John Kemble, Edmund Kean, and Sarah Siddons as Hermione
Creator:
Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Date:
1802
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, red chalk, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/16 × 13 1/16 inches (23 × 33.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
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
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
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
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
St. Mark's Place, Venice - Juliet and her Nurse
Creator:
Print made by George Hollis, 1792–1842
Date:
1842
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 25 3/8 × 33 3/8 inches (64.5 × 84.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mrs. Siddons, in the Character of the Tragic Muse
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/4 × 3 1/8 inches (14.6 × 7.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
Honorable Mrs. Tollemache in the Character of Miranda
Creator:
John Jones, ca. 1745–1797
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 1/8 × 15 inches (61.3 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Three Children of Henry VII and Elizabeth His Queen, Prince Arthur, Prince Henry and Princess Margaret
Creator:
George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:
1748
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 9/16 × 23 5/16 inches (49.7 × 59.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Shakespeare, Macbeth Act IV, Scene I
Creator:
Robert Thew, 1758–1802
Date:
1802
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 25 1/16 inches (50.6 × 63.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
King Henry VI, Second Part, Act 3, Scene 3
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
1801
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 5/8 × 13 inches (42.2 × 33 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy (David Garrick)
Creator:
Richard Purcell, active 1746–1766
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 15 15/16 inches (35.2 × 40.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
David Garrick Esq.
Creator:
Samuel Freeman, 1773–1857
Date:
1807
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 1/4 inches (27.3 × 21 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
One of a set of four: Much Ado About Nothing or Illustrations of Old Savings
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
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
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
Mr. Garrick in the Character of Kitely
Creator:
John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 9/16 × 12 5/16 inches (42.1 × 31.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
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
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
Set of Seven: Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man
Creator:
Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:
1824
Materials & Techniques:
Soft-ground etching, 1 leaf of letterpress and the original wrappers
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
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
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
Where the Bee Sucks. The Tempest, Act V, Scene I, Ariel on a Hammock of Convolvulus
Creator:
Print made by Henry J. Townsend, 1810–1890
Date:
1853
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 x 5 5/8 inches (10.2 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Cleopatra And Meleagar
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and line engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Edward, Prince of Wales, Presenting the Captive King John of France and His Sons to His Father Edward the Third After the Battle of Poictiers
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1788
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and line engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper laid on mount
Dimensions:
Mount: 15 1/4 x 19 1/16 inches (38.8 x 48.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Coriolanus, Act 5, Scene III
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Macbeth, Act I, Scene II
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Beatrice, Hero and Ursula
Creator:
John Jones, ca. 1745–1797
Date:
ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, before title
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 5/8 x 17 7/8in. (55 x 45.4cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. King John

King John
Creator:
William Wynne Ryland, 1732–1783
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Timon of Athens
Creator:
John Hall, 1739–1797
Date:
1803
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 3/4 x 22 1/4in. (50.2 x 56.5cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Weird Sisters; Ministers of Darkness; Minions of the Moon (Thurlow, Pitt, and Dundas)
Creator:
James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 13/16 × 13 3/4 inches (24.9 × 35 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Taming of the Shrew. Katharine and Petruchio - The Modern Quixotte, or, What You Will
Creator:
Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 9 x 15 3/4 inches (22.9 x 40 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Prospero on the Enchanted Island
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
1798
Materials & Techniques:
Etching & aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/4 x 11in. (21 x 27.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Launce and His Dog Crab
Creator:
Published by William Holland, 1757–1815
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 7/16 x 11 13/16in. (26.5 x 30cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Romeo

Romeo
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
1801
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/4 x 4 3/4in. (17.1 x 12.1cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Shakespeare Sacrificed; or, The Offering to Avarice
Creator:
Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 3/4 x 15 1/8 inches (50.2 x 38.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Blowing up the Pic Nic's: or Harlequin Quioxtte Attacking the Puppets
Creator:
James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:
1802
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/16 × 10 1/16 inches (35.7 × 25.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Romeo and Juliet: Act IV, Scene III (A Monument Belonging to the Capulets)
Creator:
Print made by Peter Simon, 1750–1810
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving, etching, and aquatint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/8 × 29 3/8 inches (51.1 × 74.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
King Richard II Act IV, Scene I: "King Richard, Bolingbroke, Yorke, etc."
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
1803
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 9/16 x 24 5/8in. (49.7 x 62.5cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene II: " The Road by Gadshill - Prince Henry, Poins, Peto, Falstaff, etc."
Creator:
Samuel Middiman, ca. 1750–1831
Date:
1803
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 5/16 x 23 7/16in. (44 x 59.5cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
As You Like It: Act II, Scene I: Forest of Arden
Creator:
Samuel Middiman, ca. 1750–1831
Date:
1803
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Lawrence, The Sleeping and the Dead are but as Pictures; Shakespeare
Creator:
Richard James Lane, 1800–1872
Date:
1830
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
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
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
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
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
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
Master William Page and Sir Hugh Evans
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 (18.5 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Oberon and Puck
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 laid paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 6 7/16 inches (19.1 x 16.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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