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Prints and Drawings 97

Creator

Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845 35
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786–1846 9
Romney, George, 1734–1802 6
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811 4
Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764–1829 3
Fuseli, Henry, 1741–1825 3
Unknown artist 3
Westall, Richard, 1765–1836 3
Boyne, John, ca. 1750–1810 2
Cosway, Richard, 1742–1821 2
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878 2
Dadd, Richard, 1817–1886 2
Gilbert, John, Sir, 1817–1897 2
Harlow, George Henry, 1787–1819 2
Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740–1779 2
Northcote, James, 1746–1831 2
Robson, George Fennell, 1788–1833 2
Smirke, Mary 2
Wright, John Massey, 1777–1866 2
von, Holst Theodor, 1810–1844 2
Barker, Thomas, 1769–1847 1
Bone, Henry Pierce, 1779–1855 1
Bonington, Richard Parkes, 1801–1828 1
Boydell, John, 1720–1804 1
Brown, John, 1749–1787 1
Chalon, Alfred Edward, 1780–1860 1
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796 1
Danby, Francis, 1793–1861 1
De, Wilde Samuel, 1748–1832 1
Faed, James Sr., 1821–1911 1

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Accessible in the Study Room 97

Image Use

Free to Use 97

Image Available

available 97

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Drawings & Watercolors 89
Prints 7
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 1

Collective Title

Smirke [Shakespeare] Album 29
The Tragedy of Macbeth 20
Twelfth Night; or, What You Will 8
Studies of, 167 Drawings, and 1 Print, for Oil Paintings, by Benjamin R. Haydon 7
Henry IV, Part I 6
Romeo and Juliet 5
The Merry Wives of Windsor 5
The Tempest 5
A Midsummer Night's Dream 4
The Life of Timon of Athens 3
The Merchant of Venice 3
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 3
King Lear 2
Measure for Measure 2
Sketches for the Passions 2
The Taming of the Shrew 2
The Two Gentlemen of Verona 2
Antony and Cleopatra 1
Henry IV, Part II 1
Othello, the Moor of Venice (?) 1
Richard III 1
The Bijou; or Annual of Literature and the Arts 1
The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight 1
The Life of King Henry the Fifth 1
The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice 1
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (?) 1
The Winter's Tale 1
[One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare [The Tempest] 1
[One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare [from Coriolanus] 1

Period

19th century 67
18th century 19
18th century-19th century 11

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 63
graphite 55
brown ink 51
gouache 44
pen 37
brown wash 36
laid paper 35
oil paint 26
watercolor 25
black ink 19
black chalk 13
gray wash 10
etching (printing process) 7
gum 6
varnish 6
gray ink 5
line engraving 4
stipple engraving 4
gum arabic 3
scraping 3
red ink 2
white chalk 2
white gouache 2
black wash 1
hand coloring 1
ink 1
mezzotint 1
panel 1
red chalk 1
red crayon 1

Height [cm]

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Work Type

drawing 90
watercolor 33
intaglio print 7

Genre

literary theme 87
figure study 47
historical subject 3
landscape 3
portrait 3
architectural subject 2
animal art 1
marine art 1
military art 1
religious and mythological subject 1

Subject Terms

literary theme 86
plays by William Shakespeare 81
men 49
figure study 45
gesturing 27
women 27
man 25
breeches 21
gesture 20
dress 19
woman 19
drapery 18
play 18
cloak 15
costume 15
sleeping 14
trees 14
cape 13
hats 13
sitting 13
sword 12
boots 11
hat 11
obese 11
The Tragedy of Macbeth 10
columns 10
king (person) 10
murder 10
stockings 10
armor 9

Subject Period

Associated Places

Europe 9
United Kingdom 9
England 5
Scotland 3
Denmark 2
Illyria 2
London 2
Asia 1
Athens 1
Cambridgeshire 1
City of London 1
City of Westminster 1
Cyprus 1
Elsinore 1
Forres 1
Frederiksborg 1
Gloucestershire 1
Great Britain 1
Greater London 1
Greece 1
Italy 1
Kimbolton 1
Kronborg Castle 1
Somerset House 1
Stratford-upon-Avon 1
Tower of London 1
Verona 1
Warwickshire 1
Westminster Abbey 1

Associated People

Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet 96
Sir John Falstaff 12
Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth) 11
The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth) 9
Lady Macbeth (character in Macbeth) 7
Miranda (character in The Tempest) 7
Prospero (character in The Tempest) 7
King Lear (character in King Lear) 6
Juliet (character in Romeo and Juliet) 5
Malvolio (character in Twelfth Night) 5
Ariel (character in The Tempest) 4
Cordelia (character in King Lear) 4
King Duncan (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth) 4
Bardolph (character in Henry IV, parts I and II) 3
Ferdinand (character in The Tempest) 3
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 3
Maria (character in Twelfth Night) 3
Othello (character in Othello, the Moor of Venice) 3
Puck (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream) 3
Romeo (character in Romeo and Juliet) 3
Shylock (character in The Merchant of Venice) 3
Sir Andrew Aguecheek (character in Twelfth Night) 3
Alcibiades (c. 450–404 BC), Athenian statesman, orator, and general 2
Anne Page (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor) 2
Banquo (character in Macbeth) 2
Bassiano (character in The Merchant of Venice) 2
Bottom (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream) 2
Crab, the dog 2
Desdemona (character in Othello) 2
Fabian (character in Twelfth Night) 2

Exhibition History

Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05) 97

Shakespeare in Western Art (Isetan Museum of Art, 1992-10-29 - 1992-11-24) 4
Shakespeare in Western Art (Kintetsu Museum of Art, 1993-01-09 - 1993-02-02) 4
Shakespeare in Western Art (Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, 1992-11-28 - 1992-12-23) 4
Shakespeare in Western Art (Takamatsu City Museum of Art, 1993-01-09 - 1993-02-08) 4
Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22) 3
The Fuseli Circle in Rome - Early Romantic Art in the 1770s (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-09-12 - 1979-11-11) 3
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 2
The Romantic Art of Theodor von Holst (Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, 1994-06-11 - 1994-07-23) 2
The Romantic Art of Theodor von Holst (Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, Ltd., 1994-05-05 - 1994-06-01) 2
British Comic Art 1730 - 1830 (Museum of Art and Archaelogy, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1988-10-14 - 1988-12-04) 1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 1
English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (National Gallery of Canada, 1985-02-26 - 1985-05-10) 1
English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (The Library of Congress, 1984-11-13 - 1985-02-26) 1
English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985-06-04 - 1985-09-05) 1
English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-09-01 - 1985-11-13) 1
Fantastic Illustration and Design in Britain 1850-1930 (Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 1979-06-05 - 1979-09-02) 1
Fantastic Illustration and Design in Britain 1850-1930 (RISD Museum, 1979-03-28 - 1979-05-13) 1
Francis Danby ARA (Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, 1988-11-05 - 1989-01-21) 1
Francis Danby ARA (Tate Britain, 1989-02-15 - 1989-04-09) 1
Francis Hayman (Kenwood House, 1987-06-24 - 1987-09-30) 1
Francis Hayman (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-04-01 - 1987-05-31) 1
James Gillray and the Art of Caricature (Tate Britain, 2001-07-07 - 2001-09-02) 1
Richard Parkes Bonington (Musée du Petit Palais, 1992-03-05 - 1992-05-17) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 55
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 35
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938 6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alexander 1

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Collection: Prints and Drawings
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Exhibition History: Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Oberon and Titania

1837
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

King Lear Awakened by Cordelia

ca. 1770
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Prospero and Miranda

ca. 1787
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

The Banquet Scene

ca. 1792
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

The Witches' Cavern

1792-1793
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

John Henderson as Falstaff

1780
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

King Lear Awakened by Cordelia

ca. 1774
Accessible in the Study Room
Frederic Leighton, 1830–1896

The Reconciliation of the Montagues and the Capulets

1854
Accessible in the Study Room
Caroline Watson, 1760–1814

Garrick Reading the Ode at the Shakespeare Jubilee

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Olivia and Maria

1822
Accessible in the Study Room
Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846

The Murder of Duncan - Study of Sleeping Grooms

between 1809 and 1811
Accessible in the Study Room
Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846

The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth Stabbing Duncan

between 1809 and 1811
Accessible in the Study Room
Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846

The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth with the Daggers

between 1809 and 1811
Accessible in the Study Room
Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846

The Murder of Duncan - Lady Macbeth, Approaching Macbeth and the Body

between 1809 and 1811
Accessible in the Study Room
Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846

The Murder of Duncan - The Sleeping Groom

between 1809 and 1811
Accessible in the Study Room
Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846

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

between 1809 and 1811
Accessible in the Study Room
Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846

The Murder of Duncan - Lady Macbeth, Approaching Macbeth and the Body

between 1809 and 1811
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Prospero Conjuring a Masque for Ferdinand and Miranda

ca. 1810
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Claudio and Isabella

1823
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Stephano and Trinculo with Caliban

1821
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Ferdinand Reunited with his Father

1821
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Ford in a Rage After Seeing Falstaff

1821
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Juliet About to Take her Sleeping Draught

1825
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Master William Page and Sir Hugh Evans

1821
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Hotspur and the Plotters at Bangor

1825
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Falstaff at Herne's Oak

1821
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Oberon and Puck

1825
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Launce with his Dog Crab

ca. 1821
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

The Death of Ophelia

ca. 1810
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Virgilia and Volumnia Plead with Coriolanus

ca. 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Bust of Shakespeare

1825
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Christopher Sly and the Page, as His Wife

1821
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Malvolio abusing Maria, Fabian and Sir Toby

1822
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Feste, as Sir Topas, addressing Malvolio

1822
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Viola and Olivia

1822
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Capulet Railing at his Daughter, Juliet

1825
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Isabella and Mariana Kneeling Before the Duke

1822
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Katherina and Grumio

1821
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Lady Mortimer's Welsh Song

1825
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Falstaff with Mistress Quickly and Bardolph

1825
Accessible in the Study Room
John Massey Wright, 1777–1866

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

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776

Falstaff Inspecting the Recruits

between 1761 and 1765
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815

Shakespeare Sacrificed; or, The Offering to Avarice

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833

The Murder of Banquo

ca. 1830
Accessible in the Study Room
Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846

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

between 1809 and 1811
Accessible in the Study Room
Simon François Ravenet, 1706–1774

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

1753
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Augustus Fox, 1800–1876

The Dreams of the Youthful Shakespeare

1827
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Death of Cordelia

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811

Falstaff Carrying Dead Hotspur

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Alfred Edward Chalon, 1780–1860

Cleopatra on the Cydnus to Meet Antony

ca. 1821
Accessible in the Study Room
George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833

Macbeth and Banquo on the Heath

ca. 1830
Accessible in the Study Room
Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825

Study for 'Finding of the Body of Bassanio'

1804
Accessible in the Study Room
James Faed Sr., 1821–1911

Shakespeare in His Study

1859
Accessible in the Study Room
William Nutter, 1754–1802

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

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Peltro W. Tomkins, 1760–1840

The Three Witches

1786
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Prospero and Ariel

1821
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Falstaff Dragging the Body of Hotspur

1825
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Stephano, Trinculo and Caliban with Prospero's Magic Wardrobe

1821
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Anne Page and Slender

1821
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Lysander Awakening to See Helena

1825
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832

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

1786
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Falstaff at Herne's Oak

1807
Accessible in the Study Room
James Northcote, 1746–1831

Macbeth and the Witches

between 1777 and 1778
Accessible in the Study Room
William Young Ottley, 1771–1836

Prospero Summoning Ariel

ca. 1800
Accessible in the Study Room
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779

Literary Characters Assembled Around the Medallion of Shakespeare

1776
Accessible in the Study Room
Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811

A Cavalry Officer (Henry IV) Leading a Charge Outside a Castle

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Henry Pierce Bone, 1779–1855

The Sleepwalking Scene in Macbeth

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811

Launce Teaching His Dog Crab

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811

The Duel: 'Twelfth Night,' Act III, Scene IV

ca. 1790
Accessible in the Study Room
John Massey Wright, 1777–1866

Falstaff Disguised as Herne

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
John Boyne, ca. 1750–1810

Malvolio: Possibly a Self-Portrait in the Role

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Malvolio Dancing

1827
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

She Never Told Her Love, But Sat Like Patience on a Monument

1827
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Falstaff Instructing Bardolph

1825
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Falstaff in the Boar's Head

1807
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828

Studies for Shylock

1825
Accessible in the Study Room
James Northcote, 1746–1831

Study for Burying the Royal Children

ca. 1790
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir John Gilbert, 1817–1897

Enter Malvolio, Crossgartered

1863
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir John Gilbert, 1817–1897

Apotheosis of Shakespeare's Characters

1871
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Alcibiades and Timon

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844

Ferdinand Riding the Waves

ca. 1830
Accessible in the Study Room
Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844

Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda

ca. 1840
Accessible in the Study Room
George Henry Harlow, 1787–1819

Queen Katherine's Dream

1807
Accessible in the Study Room
George Henry Harlow, 1787–1819

Hecate

1815
Accessible in the Study Room
Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846

Sketches for a Scene from 'Macbeth'

ca. 1811
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796

Monument to Shakespeare

ca. 1763
Accessible in the Study Room
attributed to Richard Cosway, 1742–1821

Othello and Desdemona, 'Othello', Act V, Scene II

ca. 1805
Accessible in the Study Room
William Marshall Craig, 1763 or 1764–1829

The Princes in the Tower

ca. 1820
Accessible in the Study Room
George Cruikshank, 1792–1878

Hamlet and the Ghost

ca. 1825
Accessible in the Study Room
George Cruikshank, 1792–1878

Macbeth and the Witch

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Westall, 1765–1836

Alcibiades and Timon

ca. 1805
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Fluellen Forcing Pistol to Eat His Leek

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Dadd, 1817–1886

Sketch for the Passions: Jealousy

1853
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Dadd, 1817–1886

Sketch for the Passions: Love

1853
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Cosway, 1742–1821

Timon of Athens Before His Cave

ca. 1805
Accessible in the Study Room
William Marshall Craig, 1763 or 1764–1829

Hamlet and the Ghost

ca. 1820
Accessible in the Study Room
William Marshall Craig, 1763 or 1764–1829

Macbeth and the Apparition of the Armed Head

ca. 1820

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