Collection: Prints and Drawings / Associated People: Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet

1. King John

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

2. Twelve etchings of Characters from Shakespeare: 8) Bardolph, from Henry IV, Act II, Scene 9 (Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968 - number 79)

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

3. Twelve etchings from Shakespeare: 10) York, from Henry IV, Part 2, Act V, Scene 4 (Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968 - number 79)

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 13 7/8in. (43.2 x 35.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Twelve etchings of Characters from Shakespeare: 12) Shylock, from The Merchant of Venice, Act IV, Scene 1 (Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968 - number 79)

Twelve etchings of Characters from Shakespeare: 12) Shylock, from The Merchant of Venice, Act IV, Scene 1 (Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968 - number 79)

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 13in. (40.6 x 33cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

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

6. Comedy of Errors, Act II, Scene II

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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. Mr. Macready as Macbeth

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 6 3/8in. (20.3 x 16.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. Henry VII

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 4 1/2 x 2 3/4in. (11.4 x 7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of John Hay Whitney

23. Sir John Falstaff in the Buck Basket

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

24. Mrs. Gardiner - The Tragedy of Macbeth

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker

25. 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

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

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

27. Edgar, from King Lear, Act III, Scene iii

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

28. Twelve etchings of Characters from Shakespeare: 5) Beatrice, from Much Ado About Nothing, Act 1, Scene 2 (sic)(Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968 - Number 79)

Twelve etchings of Characters from Shakespeare: 5) Beatrice, from Much Ado About Nothing, Act 1, Scene 2 (sic)(Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968 - Number 79)

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

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

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

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

30. Shakespeare

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

31. Mr. Kean as Richard III

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

32. 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

33. Mr. C. Kemble as Faulconbridge

Creator:: Thomas A. Woolnoth, 1785–1857
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 3 3/8in. (15.6 x 8.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. Orlando and the Wrestler - "As You Like It"

Creator:: Charles W. Sharpe, active 1858–1883
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 11 3/4in. (25.4 x 29.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

38. Costume Hamlet

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 4 7/8in. (20.3 x 12.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

39. Theatre Royal Italian, Salon, dans l'Opera "Othello" par Mr. Ferri

Creator:: Print made by Henry Martens, 1828–1854
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 17 1/2in. (34.3 x 44.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

40. "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

41. 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

42. 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

43. Richard II - "Richard II", Act III, Scene II

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Colored lithograph
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 16 1/2in. (54 x 41.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

44. 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

45. Shakspeare nursed by Tragedy and Comedy

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

46. 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

47. The Play Scene - "Hamlet", Act III, Scene II

Creator:: Charles Rolls, 1800–active 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

48. 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

49. The Infant Shakespeare

Creator:: Print made by Caroline Watson, 1760–1814
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 7 1/2 inches (27.9 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

50. Shakespeare Writing

Creator:: Albert Henry Payne, 1812–1902
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving and etching on wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 6 1/2 x 4 11/16in. (16.5 x 11.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

51. Eclipse (?) Shakespeare

Creator:: Print made by John Scott, 1774–1828
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection

52. The Green Room at Drury Lane Theatre

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

53. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

54. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

55. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

56. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

57. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

58. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

59. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

60. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

61. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

62. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

63. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

64. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

65. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

66. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

67. His Majesty George IVth

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, line engraving and etching on wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 4 5/16 x 3 1/2in. (10.9 x 8.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. The Murder of Lucinda

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on wove paper with chine-collé
Dimensions:: Image: 7 3/4 x 5in. (19.7 x 12.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. The Rape of the Golden Fleece

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on wove paper with chine-collé
Dimensions:: Image: 7 1/2 x 5in. (19.1 x 12.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Untitled: The Persian and the Slave Merchants

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

71. Untitled: Old Man of the Sea

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on wove paper with chine-collé
Dimensions:: Image: 5 x 3 3/4in. (12.7 x 9.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection