Materials & Techniques: line engraving / Genre: literary theme / Associated People: Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet / Classification: Prints

1. Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene V

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 × 16 9/16 inches (31.2 × 42 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

2. Mr. Kemble in the Character of King Richard the Third - "Richard III," Act V, Scene V

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and stipple engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/4 x 17 3/4in. (64.1 x 45.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

3. "Antony and Cleopatra," Act III, Scene XI

Creator:: Georg Goldberg, 1830–1894
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 1/16 inches (28.2 x 20.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

4. "We come to visit you: and purpose now, to lead you to our court: vouchsafe it then."

Creator:: James Heath, 1757–1834
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 13 inches (42.8 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

5. "Here, I and sorrows sit; here is my throne, bid kings come and bow to it"

Creator:: James Heath, 1757–1834
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 13 inches (42.8 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

6. "Mark your divorce young sir, whom son I dare not call"

Creator:: James Heath, 1757–1834
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 13/16 x 13 1/16 inches (42.7 x 33.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

7. "Tempest", Act I, Scene I

Creator:: Benjamin Smith, 1775–1833
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 × 25 7/8 inches (50.8 × 65.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Sir Toby Belch and the Clown - "Twelfth Night", Act II, Scene III

Creator:: Peltro W. Tomkins, 1760–1840
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 × 19 1/4 inches (42.2 × 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. 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

10. Tempest

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 7 1/2 inches (27.9 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Prospero Disarming Ferdinand, Act I, Scene II

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and line engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Mr. Kemble in the Character of King Richard the Third - "Richard III," Act V, Scene V

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and stipple engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/4 x 17 3/4in. (64.1 x 45.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

13. Come Gentle Night: "Romeo and Juliet," Act III, Scene II

Creator:: Print made by James H. Baker, born 1829
Date:: between 1839 and 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, line engraving, and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 3/8 inches (28.2 x 21.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. David Garrick as Richard III in the Drury Lane Theatre Performance, 1759

Creator:: Print made by William Bromley, 1769–1842
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid on contemporary mount made of moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 21 x 14 13/16 inches (53.4 x 37.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. The Dreams of the Youthful Shakespeare

Creator:: Print made by Augustus Fox, 1800–1876
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 3 15/16 inches (15.8 × 10 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. "Hubert, let me not be bound!"

Creator:: James Heath, 1757–1834
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 13/16 x 12 15/16 inches (42.7 x 32.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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

Creator:: William Nutter, 1754–1802
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, etching, and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/16 x 16 1/4 inches (56.1 x 41.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. Shakespeare's Winter Tale Act III Scene III

Creator:: Samuel Middiman, ca. 1750–1831
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/8 × 26 9/16 inches (54.3 × 67.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Fatal Bellman

Creator:: Print made by George Richmond, 1809–1896
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 13/16 x 5 3/8 inches (17.3 x 13.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

20. Antony and Cleopatra, Act I, Scene II

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, aquatint, and hand-colored brown wash
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Birth of Shakespeare

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Anthony and Cleopatra, Act 3, Scene II

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving and brown wash
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Troilus and Crssida, Act 3, Scene II

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, aquatint, and brown wash
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Troilus and Cressida, Act 4, Scene II

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving, aquatint, and brown wash
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. King Lear, Act 4, Scene VII

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving, aquatint, and brown wash
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Ophelia vide Hamlet, Act 4, Scene VII

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving, aquatint, and brown wash
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. As You Like It, Act IV, Orlando and Oliver

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving, and ething
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. King Richard the Second, Act V, Scene II (The Entrance of King Richard & Bolingbroke into London)

Creator:: Print made by Robert Thew, 1758–1802
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/8 × 29 1/2 inches (51.1 × 74.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. "This is fairy gold, boy, and will prove so"

Creator:: James Heath, 1757–1834
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 13/16 x 13 1/16 inches (42.7 x 33.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

30. King Henry VI, Part III: Act V, Scene VII (Queen Bess Presenting King Edward . . . with Their Infant Son)

Creator:: Print made by Jean B. Michel, active 1803
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 29 1/2 × 19 3/4 inches (74.9 × 50.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Shakespeare's Monument at the Church at Stratford upon Avon

Creator:: Print made by John Horsburgh, 1791–1869
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine-collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 × 10 7/8 inches (41.3 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Mr. Garrick and Miss Bellamy in the Characters of Romeo and Juliet

Creator:: Simon François Ravenet, 1706–1774
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 × 21 5/8 inches (42.9 × 55 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Richard III: Act IV, Scene III, Tower of London

Creator:: Print made by William Skelton, 1763–1848
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 29 3/8 × 20 1/8 inches (74.6 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Winter's Tale, Act III, Scene III

Creator:: Samuel Middiman, ca. 1750–1831
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 5/16 × 27 3/8 inches (54.1 × 69.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

35. Taming of the Shrew

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/8 x 11 5/8 inches (43.5 x 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. King Richard the Third: Act IV, Scene III (The Murder of the Princes in the Tower)

Creator:: Print made by Francis Legat, 1755–1809
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 5/8 × 16 1/2 inches (57.5 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. 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

38. 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

39. Pospero Disarming Ferdinand from The Tempest, Act I, Scene II

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 × 17 7/8 inches (40 × 45.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

40. John Philip Kemble

Creator:: William Sharp, 1749–1824
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 7/8 inches (29.5 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene V

2. Mr. Kemble in the Character of King Richard the Third - "Richard III," Act V, Scene V

3. "Antony and Cleopatra," Act III, Scene XI

4. "We come to visit you: and purpose now, to lead you to our court: vouchsafe it then."

5. "Here, I and sorrows sit; here is my throne, bid kings come and bow to it"

6. "Mark your divorce young sir, whom son I dare not call"

7. "Tempest", Act I, Scene I

8. Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Sir Toby Belch and the Clown - "Twelfth Night", Act II, Scene III

9. St. Mark's Place, Venice - Juliet and her Nurse

10. Tempest

11. Prospero Disarming Ferdinand, Act I, Scene II

12. Mr. Kemble in the Character of King Richard the Third - "Richard III," Act V, Scene V

13. Come Gentle Night: "Romeo and Juliet," Act III, Scene II

14. David Garrick as Richard III in the Drury Lane Theatre Performance, 1759

15. The Dreams of the Youthful Shakespeare

16. "Hubert, let me not be bound!"

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

18. Shakespeare's Winter Tale Act III Scene III

19. The Fatal Bellman

20. Antony and Cleopatra, Act I, Scene II

21. The Birth of Shakespeare

22. Anthony and Cleopatra, Act 3, Scene II

23. Troilus and Crssida, Act 3, Scene II

24. Troilus and Cressida, Act 4, Scene II

25. King Lear, Act 4, Scene VII

26. Ophelia vide Hamlet, Act 4, Scene VII

27. As You Like It, Act IV, Orlando and Oliver

28. King Richard the Second, Act V, Scene II (The Entrance of King Richard & Bolingbroke into London)

29. "This is fairy gold, boy, and will prove so"

30. King Henry VI, Part III: Act V, Scene VII (Queen Bess Presenting King Edward . . . with Their Infant Son)

31. Shakespeare's Monument at the Church at Stratford upon Avon

32. Mr. Garrick and Miss Bellamy in the Characters of Romeo and Juliet

33. Richard III: Act IV, Scene III, Tower of London

34. Winter's Tale, Act III, Scene III

35. Taming of the Shrew

36. King Richard the Third: Act IV, Scene III (The Murder of the Princes in the Tower)

37. Coriolanus, Act 5, Scene III

38. Macbeth, Act I, Scene II

39. Pospero Disarming Ferdinand from The Tempest, Act I, Scene II

40. John Philip Kemble