Collection: Prints and Drawings / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Image Available: Available / Subject Terms: literary theme and theater

1. "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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Witches' Cavern: MacBeth's Second Visit

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches (14.3 x 21.9 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. MacBeth: Banquet Scene

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 8 1/8 inches (14.3 x 20.6 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. Witches' Cavern: MacBeth's Second Visit

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 9 inches (14.3 x 22.9 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. Sheet of Sketches

Creator:: Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: pen and brown ink and graphite on thin, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 14 3/8 inches (24.1 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Faust and Margaret

Creator:: Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 6 1/2 inches (24.8 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. 'The Gamester,' Act V, Scene IV

Creator:: James Fittler, 1758–1835
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 1/16 inches (14 × 7.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker

11. Opera Reminiscences: Desdemona and Otello

Creator:: Print made by William Heath, 1795–1840
Date:: 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 7/8 inches (26 × 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. The Young Roscius

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with hand coloring on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 × 11 1/8 inches (34.6 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

13. A Great Actor between Tragedy and Comedy

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/16 x 16 5/16 inches (28.4 x 41.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. 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

15. Pistol eating Fluellen's Leak - "Henry V"

Creator:: Print made by Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: between 1811 and 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 15 3/8 inches (26 x 39 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. "Then go, bid the huntsmen wake them with their horns"

Creator:: James Heath, 1757–1834
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige 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. Opera Reminiscences: Desdemona and Othello

Creator:: Print made by William Heath, 1795–1840
Date:: 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 1/8 inches (25.2 × 33.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. Falstaff and his Friends

Creator:: William Greatbach, Born 1802
Date:: ca. 1868
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 inches (22.5 × 28 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. Mr. W. J. Hammond and Miss Daly as Othello and Desdemona at the New Strand Theatre

Creator:: Print made by John W. Gear, 1806–1866
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/16 x 14 9/16 inches (26.2 x 37 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

20. Isabella and Mariana Kneeling Before the Duke

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 4 inches (13 x 10.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. A Scene From the Farce of "The Critic," a Little Altered.

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1848
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 18 1/16 inches (30.5 x 45.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Blowing up the Pic Nic's: or Harlequin Quioxtte Attacking the Puppets

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/16 × 10 1/16 inches (35.7 × 25.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

2. Standing Figure, Probably for Lady Macbeth

3. Miranda, Prospero, and Caliban: The Tempest

4. The Banquet Scene

5. Witches' Cavern: MacBeth's Second Visit

6. MacBeth: Banquet Scene

7. Witches' Cavern: MacBeth's Second Visit

8. Sheet of Sketches

9. Faust and Margaret

10. 'The Gamester,' Act V, Scene IV

11. Opera Reminiscences: Desdemona and Otello

12. The Young Roscius

13. A Great Actor between Tragedy and Comedy

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

15. Pistol eating Fluellen's Leak - "Henry V"

16. "Then go, bid the huntsmen wake them with their horns"

17. Opera Reminiscences: Desdemona and Othello

18. Falstaff and his Friends

19. Mr. W. J. Hammond and Miss Daly as Othello and Desdemona at the New Strand Theatre

20. Isabella and Mariana Kneeling Before the Duke

21. A Scene From the Farce of "The Critic," a Little Altered.

22. Blowing up the Pic Nic's: or Harlequin Quioxtte Attacking the Puppets