Materials & Techniques: laid paper / Genre: literary theme / Image Use: Free to Use / Associated People: Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet / Classification: Drawings & Watercolors

1. 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

2. 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

3. "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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda

Creator:: Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with black chalk and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 7 1/8 inches (21.9 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. Sketches for a Scene from 'Macbeth'

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: ca. 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/16 x 20 inches (41.5 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. Study for Burying the Royal Children

Creator:: James Northcote, 1746–1831
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 11 1/4 inches (43.2 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

11. Macbeth and the Witches

Creator:: James Northcote, 1746–1831
Date:: between 1777 and 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches (32.4 x 41.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. The Rustics Perform from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Creator:: John Massey Wright, 1777–1866
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 11/16 x 9 9/16 inches (14.4 x 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. Falstaff Carrying Dead Hotspur

Creator:: Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, gouache, and gum arabic on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 3/8 x 20 1/4 inches (41.6 x 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. The Death of Cordelia

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, red crayon, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 9 3/4 inches (30.5 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

22. 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

23. Launce with his Dog Crab

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: ca. 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 6 1/2in. (20.6 x 16.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Sketch of a Battle Sceene, from Shakespeare's Play, Titus Andronicus

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 10 13/16 inches (24.8 × 27.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Virgilia and Volumnia Plead with Coriolanus

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 12 1/8 inches (29.8 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Study of a Roman Banquet Scene

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/16 × 4 1/2 inches (13.2 × 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Study of a Soldier Attacking a Woman

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/16 × 4 1/2 inches (13.5 × 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Lady Jane Grey

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, oil, and pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 9 inches (30.5 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Scene from Don Quixote

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, graphite, and varnish, with scratching out; squared for transfer on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Image: 8 3/8 × 6 3/8 inches (21.3 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Allegorical Sketch of Victory

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 × 9 1/8 inches (18.4 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Sketch of Goths Entering Rome, from Shakespeare's Play, Titus Andronicus

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 13 5/8 inches (24.8 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. Shakespeare Illustration: "Measure for Measure"

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 4 inches (16.2 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942

36. Shakespeare Illustration: "Henry VIII"

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 4 inches (16.5 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942

37. The Reconciliation of the Montagues and the Capulets

Creator:: Frederic Leighton, 1830–1896
Date:: 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 9/16 x 20 3/4 inches (39.6 x 52.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

38. Henderson in the Character of Falstaff

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 10 7/16 inches (30.6 x 26.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. A View of the Valley of Stones, Devon, with a scene in the Tempest, Act 1

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid down on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with drawn border
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 × 25 1/8 inches (41.3 × 63.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

40. Lady Percy Watching the Sleeping Hotspur

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 24 x 19 1/8 inches (61 x 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Antigonus Disposing of Perdita

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with brown and black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, textured, beige card with additional inscribed sheet mounted lower center
Dimensions:: Mount: 23 1/16 x 18 5/8 inches (58.5 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. The Three Witches from Macbeth: Though the Bark Cannot be Lost...

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite, with scraping on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 11 11/16 × 11 5/16 inches (29.7 × 28.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Prospero and Miranda

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache, black ink, and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 25 11/16 x 18 3/4 inches (65.2 x 47.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Lear and Cordelia

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 22 15/16 x 17 1/4 inches (58.3 x 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Ophelia's Death

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache, black ink, and scraping over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper with reminants of contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 22 9/16 x 17 13/16 inches (57.3 x 45.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Lear and Cordelia

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, textured, beige card with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 22 11/16 x 17 13/16 inches (57.7 x 45.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Lady MacBeth

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and black wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on heavy board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 40 3/4 × 21 inches (103.5 × 53.3 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

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1. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

2. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

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

4. Standing Figure, Probably for Lady Macbeth

5. Miranda, Prospero, and Caliban: The Tempest

6. Prospero and Miranda

7. John Henderson as Falstaff

8. Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda

9. Sketches for a Scene from 'Macbeth'

10. Study for Burying the Royal Children

11. Macbeth and the Witches

12. The Rustics Perform from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

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

14. The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth Stabbing Duncan

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

16. The Murder of Duncan - Study of Sleeping Grooms

17. Falstaff Carrying Dead Hotspur

18. Prospero and Ariel

19. Falstaff in the Boar's Head

20. Falstaff at Herne's Oak

21. The Death of Cordelia

22. Oberon and Puck

23. Launce with his Dog Crab

24. Sketch of a Battle Sceene, from Shakespeare's Play, Titus Andronicus

25. Virgilia and Volumnia Plead with Coriolanus

26. Study of a Roman Banquet Scene

27. Study of a Soldier Attacking a Woman

28. Lady Jane Grey

29. Scene from Don Quixote

30. Allegorical Sketch of Victory

31. Sketch of Goths Entering Rome, from Shakespeare's Play, Titus Andronicus

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

33. Studies for Shylock

34. Literary Characters Assembled Around the Medallion of Shakespeare

35. Shakespeare Illustration: "Measure for Measure"

36. Shakespeare Illustration: "Henry VIII"

37. The Reconciliation of the Montagues and the Capulets

38. Henderson in the Character of Falstaff

39. A View of the Valley of Stones, Devon, with a scene in the Tempest, Act 1

40. Lady Percy Watching the Sleeping Hotspur

41. Antigonus Disposing of Perdita

42. The Three Witches from Macbeth: Though the Bark Cannot be Lost...

43. Prospero and Miranda

44. Lear and Cordelia

45. Ophelia's Death

46. Lear and Cordelia

47. Lady MacBeth