Period: 18th century / Image Use: Free to Use / Subject Terms: literary theme

1. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: beeswax and oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 26 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches (67.3 x 97.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. The Beggar's Opera

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1729
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 1/4 x 30 inches (59.1 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/16 x 50 1/4 inches (101.8 x 127.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. 'The Vicar of Wakefield,' Vol. II, Chap. III: The Return of Olivia

Creator:: Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752–1798
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 x 13 3/4 inches (27.9 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. 'The Vicar of Wakefield,' Vol. I, Chap. VIII: Dining in the Hayfields' (Surprised by Mr. Thornhill's Chaplain)

Creator:: Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752–1798
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 x 13 3/4 inches (27.9 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. 'The Triumph of Mercy,' from Collins' 'Ode To Mercy'

Creator:: William Artaud, 1763–1823
Date:: 1788 to 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 95 x 80 1/2 inches (241.3 x 204.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. 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

8. Edward Shuter, John Beard, and John Dunstall in Isaac Bickerton's "Love in a Village"

Creator:: Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:: 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 51 1/4 x 65 inches (130.2 x 165.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. 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

10. 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

11. Cymon and Iphigenia

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: ca. 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 24 1/8 x 32 1/2 inches (61.3 x 82.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

12. The Cave of Despair

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 x 30 inches (61 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. The Harlowe Family, from Samuel Richardson's "Clarissa"

Creator:: Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780
Date:: between 1745 and 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/2 x 30 7/8 inches (64.8 x 78.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. 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

15. Falstaff with the Body of Hotspur

Creator:: Attributed to Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: ca. 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper
Dimensions:: 12 x 11 1/4 inches (30.5 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

16. David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in "Romeo and Juliet", Act V, Scene iii

Creator:: Benjamin Wilson, 1721–1788
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 54 5/8 x 72 1/2 inches (138.7 x 184.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

17. Jaques and the Wounded Stag: 'As You Like It,' Act II, Scene I

Creator:: Landscape by William Hodges, 1744–1797
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 1/4 x 48 1/2 inches (92.1 x 123.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

18. Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest," Act I, scene ii

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: ca. 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions:: 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (21 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

19. Olivia, Maria and Malvolio from "Twelfth Night," Act III, Scene iv

Creator:: Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1763–1840
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 62 1/8 x 86 7/8 inches (157.8 x 220.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

20. Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest"

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 3/4 x 36 3/8 inches (70.5 x 92.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

21. 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

22. Shylock and Tubal from "The Merchant of Venice"

Creator:: Herbert Stoppelaer, active 1730–1775
Date:: 1767 to 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 1/2 x 28 3/4 inches (59.7 x 73 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

23. Cordelia Championed by the Earl of Kent, from Shakespeare's "King Lear," I, i

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1770 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 1/8 x 50 1/2 inches (104.5 x 128.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

24. The Return of Othello, 'Othello,' Act II, Scene II

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: ca. 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions:: 8 1/4 x 10 inches (21 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

25. Portia and Shylock, from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice", IV, i

Creator:: Edward Alcock, active 1750–ca. 1778
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 x 20 inches (66 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

26. Study for 'The Red Cross Knight'

Creator:: John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 x 21 inches (43.2 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

27. Gulliver Addressing the Houyhnhnms

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 x 55 inches (104.1 x 139.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

28. 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

29. The Ghost of Clytemnestra Awakening the Furies

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 20 x 25 1/2 inches (50.8 x 64.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

30. Gulliver Taking His Final Leave of the Land of the Houyhnhnms

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 x 55 inches (104.1 x 139.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

31. Rinaldo and Armida

Creator:: Angelica Kauffmann, 1741–1807
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 51 1/2 × 60 1/4 inches (130.8 × 153 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

32. 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

33. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with roulette and rocker work, first state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/2 x 27 3/8in. (52 x 69.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. 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

35. 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

36. Hudibras Vanquished by Trulla

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection

37. Daphnis and Chloe

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches (11.1 x 18.7 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

38. 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

39. A Procession of the Damned: Study for the Damned in Dante's "Inferno"

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 10 3/8 inches (15.9 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. "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

41. 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

42. 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

43. 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

44. Paradise Lost Sketchbook

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

45. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

46. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

47. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

48. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

49. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

50. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

51. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

52. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

53. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

54. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

55. 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

56. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

57. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

58. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

59. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

60. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

61. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

62. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

63. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

64. Abandonment and Rescue of Perdita from "The Winter's Tale" (Tampered with but Not Fake)

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 20 5/8 inches (38.1 x 52.4 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

65. 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

66. 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

67. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

68. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

69. 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

70. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

71. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

72. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

73. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

74. There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 6, "IV None could have . . . ." (Bentley a7)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. America. A Prophecy, Plate 7, "Albions Angel stood...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in blue ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 9, "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat."

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Songs of Innocence, Plate 28, "Laughing Song" (Bentley 15)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Songs of Innocence, Plate 3, "Introduction" (Bentley 4)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Songs of Innocence, Plate 4, "A Dream" (Bentley 26)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. The Shepherd, from Songs of Innocence

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 x 2 1/2 inches (7.6 x 6.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

81. Songs of Innocence, Plate 30, "The Little Black Boy" (Bentley 10)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 10, "I Mans perceptions are not bounded . . . . " (Bentley b3)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 11, "II Reason or the ratio . . . . " (Bentley b4)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 5, "III From a perception . . . . " (Bentley a6)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 8, "VI The desires & perceptions . . . . " (Bentley a9)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. The Book of Thel, Plate 4, "Why should the mistress . . . ."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 9 inches (28.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. The Book of Thel, Plate 6, "III. / Then Thel astonish'd . . . ."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 9 inches (28.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. The Book of Thel, Plate 8, "IV. / The eternal gates . . . ."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 9 inches (28.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 16, "Oft Bursts My Song beyond the Bounds of Life"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 17, "Night the Second, on Time, Death and Friendship"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 19, "Emblem of That Which Shall Awake the Dead"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 26, "Measuring His Motions by Revolving Spheres"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 33, "Like That, the Dial Speaks; and Points to Thee"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 37, "Love, and Love Only, Is the Loan for Love"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 41, "One Radiant Mark; the Deathbed of the Just"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 43, "Night the Third, Narcissa."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 49, "As If the Sun Could Envy, Check'd His Beam"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 54, "The Vale of Death! That Hush'd Cimmerian Vale"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 4, "What, though My Soul Fantastick Measures Trod"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 70, "'Till Death, That Mighty Hunter, Earths Them All"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

2. The Beggar's Opera

3. Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus

4. 'The Vicar of Wakefield,' Vol. II, Chap. III: The Return of Olivia

5. 'The Vicar of Wakefield,' Vol. I, Chap. VIII: Dining in the Hayfields' (Surprised by Mr. Thornhill's Chaplain)

6. 'The Triumph of Mercy,' from Collins' 'Ode To Mercy'

7. Henry Woodward as Petruchio in Catherine and Petruchio, a version by Garrick of "The Taming of the Shrew"

8. Edward Shuter, John Beard, and John Dunstall in Isaac Bickerton's "Love in a Village"

9. Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia

10. Louis-Francois Roubiliac Modelling His Monument to Shakespeare

11. Cymon and Iphigenia

12. The Cave of Despair

13. The Harlowe Family, from Samuel Richardson's "Clarissa"

14. Valentine rescuing Silvia from Proteus, from Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," Act V, Scene 4, the Outlaws' Cave

15. Falstaff with the Body of Hotspur

16. David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in "Romeo and Juliet", Act V, Scene iii

17. Jaques and the Wounded Stag: 'As You Like It,' Act II, Scene I

18. Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest," Act I, scene ii

19. Olivia, Maria and Malvolio from "Twelfth Night," Act III, Scene iv

20. Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest"

21. Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia

22. Shylock and Tubal from "The Merchant of Venice"

23. Cordelia Championed by the Earl of Kent, from Shakespeare's "King Lear," I, i

24. The Return of Othello, 'Othello,' Act II, Scene II

25. Portia and Shylock, from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice", IV, i

26. Study for 'The Red Cross Knight'

27. Gulliver Addressing the Houyhnhnms

28. The revelation of Olivia's betrothal, from "Twelfth Night," Act V, Scene i

29. The Ghost of Clytemnestra Awakening the Furies

30. Gulliver Taking His Final Leave of the Land of the Houyhnhnms

31. Rinaldo and Armida

32. Scene from Shakespeare's "Henry IV, Part I"

33. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

34. Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard III

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

36. Hudibras Vanquished by Trulla

37. Daphnis and Chloe

38. Standing Figure, Probably for Lady Macbeth

39. A Procession of the Damned: Study for the Damned in Dante's "Inferno"

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

41. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

42. Miranda, Prospero, and Caliban: The Tempest

43. Prospero and Miranda

44. Paradise Lost Sketchbook

45. Sketchbook Drawing

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55. The Witches' Cavern

56. Sketchbook Drawing

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62. Sketchbook Drawing

63. Sketchbook Drawing

64. Abandonment and Rescue of Perdita from "The Winter's Tale" (Tampered with but Not Fake)

65. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

66. The Banquet Scene

67. Sketchbook Drawing

68. Sketchbook Drawing

69. John Henderson as Falstaff

70. Sketchbook Drawing

71. Sketchbook Drawing

72. Sketchbook Drawing

73. Sketchbook Drawing