Period: 19th century / Image Available: Available / Associated People: Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet

1. Imogen and the Shepherds, 'Cymbeline,' Act IV, scene II

Creator:: James Smetham, 1821–1889
Date:: ca. 1874
Materials & Techniques:: Oil over ink on panel
Dimensions:: 4 3/4 x 12 9/16 inches (12.1 x 31.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Puck and Fairies, from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Creator:: Joseph Noel Paton, 1821–1901
Date:: ca. 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 10 3/8 x 12 1/4 inches (26.4 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

3. Shylock and Jessica from the 'Merchant of Venice,' II, ii

Creator:: Gilbert Stuart Newton, 1794–1835
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 x 29 1/2 inches (88.9 x 74.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

4. Children Acting the 'Play Scene' from "Hamlet," Act II, Scene ii

Creator:: Charles Hunt, 1803–1877
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 26 inches (45.7 x 66 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

5. Master Betty as Hamlet, before a Bust of Shakespeare

Creator:: James Northcote, 1746–1831
Date:: between 1804 and 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 x 16 inches (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

6. Falstaff at Herne's Oak, from "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Act V, Scene v

Creator:: James Stephanoff, 1787–1874
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 17 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches (44.5 x 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

7. Falstaff and the recruits, from "Henry IV, Part II"

Creator:: John Cawse, 1779–1862
Date:: ca. 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/4 x 33 1/4 inches (64.1 x 84.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

8. Procession of Characters from Shakespeare's Plays

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 12 1/4 x 54 1/4 inches (31.1 x 137.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

9. The First Appearance of William Shakespeare on the Stage of the Globe Theatre

Creator:: George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1864 to 1865
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 7/8 x 21 7/8 inches (70.8 x 55.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

10. Oberon and Titania from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Act IV, Scene i

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: 5 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (14.6 x 14 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

11. Buck Washing on Datchet Mead from 'The Merry Wives of Windsor,' III, v

Creator:: John S. Clifton, active 1852–1869
Date:: 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 30 x 24 inches (76.2 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

12. Herne's Oak from 'The Merry Wives of Windsor,' V, v

Creator:: George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: ca. 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 48 inches (91.4 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

13. Hamlet and his Mother; The Closet Scene

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:: 1846
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/4 × 34 inches (102.2 × 86.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. William Shakespeare

Creator:: Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, 1824–1887
Date:: late 19th century
Materials & Techniques:: Bronze
Dimensions:: Overall: 24 inches (61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William H. Mandel, Yale BFA 1953, and Robert L. Russell, Yale MA 1954
On View:: Not on view

15. Oberon and Titania

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black ink with gum over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 8 1/4 inches (15.2 × 20.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. The Vine

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1852
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 13/16 x 9 1/4 inches (32.5 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

17. The Vine

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1852
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, retouched with graphite on thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 13/16 x 8 1/2 inches (30 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Vine

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1852
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, retouched with white watercolor, gouache or chalk on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 9/16 x 8 1/4 inches (29.3 x 20.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Vine

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1852
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 x 6 5/16 inches (12 x 16 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Octavius Augustus Cæsar

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Study for the Head of Ferdinand in "Ferdinand Lured by Ariel"

Creator:: Sir John Everett Millais, 1829–1896
Date:: 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches (17.5 x 13 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

22. The Murder of Banquo

Creator:: George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/16 × 10 1/2 inches (18.2 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Cleopatra on the Cydnus to Meet Antony

Creator:: Alfred Edward Chalon, 1780–1860
Date:: ca. 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with gray wash and scraping over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 14 3/8 inches (49.6 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. Miss Lissie Weston as Oberon - Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II, Scene II

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 9 3/4in. (28.6 x 24.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

25. Study for 'Finding of the Body of Bassanio'

Creator:: Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 8 inches (30.8 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Stephano, Trinculo and Caliban with Prospero's Magic Wardrobe

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with brown wash and gouache over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 4 1/2 inches (16.8 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. 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

28. Falstaff Instructing Bardolph

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash and gouache over graphite with gum on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 4 1/2 inches (15.2 x 11.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. 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

30. Falstaff Dragging the Body of Hotspur

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash and gouache over graphite with gum on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 4 15/16 inches (16.2 x 12.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Anne Page and Slender

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 wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 4 7/16 inches (18.8 x 11.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Lysander Awakening to See Helena

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash and gouache over graphite with gum on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (16.5 x 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. 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

34. Portrait Studies of Actors including Mary Wells as Cowslip, John Kemble, Edmund Kean, and Sarah Siddons as Hermione

Creator:: Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, red chalk, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/16 × 13 1/16 inches (23 × 33.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Lear in the Storm

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache and scraping, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, peach wove paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 30 1/16 x 24 15/16 inches (76.3 x 63.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

36. Macbeth and Banquo on the Heath

Creator:: George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache and scraping over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 10 3/8 inches (19 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

37. Shakespeare's Cliff, Dover

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1826 and 1866
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite heightened with white
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 15/16 x 8 1/8in. (15.1 x 20.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Apotheosis of Shakespeare's Characters

Creator:: Sir John Gilbert, 1817–1897
Date:: 1871
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, pen and black ink, and graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on wood panel
Dimensions:: Sheet: 41 x 28 inches (104.1 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

39. Design for Midsummer Night's Dream

Creator:: Thomas Grieve, 1799–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, pen and ink, and graphite, squared for transfer on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 × 6 1/2 inches (55.9 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Design for A Winter's Tale

Creator:: Thomas Grieve, 1799–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 12 3/4 inches (18.7 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Shakespeare House, Aldersgate Street

Creator:: J. Jacobs, active 1816–1864
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, brown wash and white gouache on slightly textured, medium, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 13/16 × 8 3/8 inches (22.4 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with brown wash and gouache and oil on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 inches (13 x 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Garrick in the Green Room

Creator:: William Ward, 1766–1826
Date:: 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 7/8 × 27 inches (58.1 × 68.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection

44. Comedy of Errors, Act II Sc. 2

Creator:: Charles Warren, 1767–1823
Date:: 1804
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection

45. Taming of the Shrew, Induc. Sc. II

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1803
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection

46. Set of Seven: Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching, 1 leaf of letterpress and the original wrappers
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Set of Four: Much Ado About Nothing or Illustrations of Sayings

Creator:: John Phillips, active 1840–1852
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 9 1/2in. (29.5 x 24.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. One of a set of four: Much Ado About Nothing or Illustrations of Old Savings

Creator:: John Phillips, active 1840–1852
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 9 1/2in. (29.5 x 24.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Set of Four: Much Ado About Nothing or Illustrations of Old Sayings

Creator:: John Phillips, active 1840–1852
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 9 1/2in. (29.5 x 24.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Set of Four: Much Ado About Nothing or Illustrations of Old Sayings

Creator:: John Phillips, active 1840–1852
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 9 1/2in. (29.5 x 24.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. One of a Set of Four: Much Ado About Nothing or Illustrations of Old Sayings

Creator:: John Phillips, active 1840–1852
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 9 1/2in. (29.5 x 24.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon 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. Mrs. Pope as Juliet

Creator:: Print made by William Ward, 1766–1826
Date:: ca. 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 inches (40.6 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

54. William Shakespeare

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Cousins, 1801–1887
Date:: 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/4 x 17 1/8 inches (56.5 x 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

55. Antony and Cleopatra Act IV Sc. 8

Creator:: Print made by Abraham Raimbach, 1784–1868
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection

56. 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

57. Winter's Tale, Act 3, Scene 3

Creator:: John Neagle, 1796–1865
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection

58. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 11 3/4 inches (22.2 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Malvolio Dancing

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with brown wash and oil on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 inches (13 x 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching; open etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 15 1/2 inches (28.6 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by John Horsburgh, 1791–1869
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving, first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine-collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/4 × 11 3/4 inches (43.8 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 17 3/4 inches (27.9 × 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Enter Malvolio, Crossgartered...

Creator:: Sir John Gilbert, 1817–1897
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink, red ink, gouache, gum arabic, and graphite on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 × 29 3/4 inches (48.9 × 75.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

64. Ferdinand Riding the Waves

Creator:: Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gray wash and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 1/4 inches (24.8 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. 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

66. Hecate

Creator:: George Henry Harlow, 1787–1819
Date:: 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with stumping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 7 inches (21.9 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

67. Queen Katherine's Dream

Creator:: George Henry Harlow, 1787–1819
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 × 9 7/8 inches (34.6 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

68. 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

69. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11 3/4 inches (21.9 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 19 5/8 inches (32.4 × 49.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. 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

72. The School-Boy

Creator:: Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 1/4 inches (22.6 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

73. The Infant

Creator:: Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 10 7/8 inches (22.8 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

74. 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

75. "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

76. "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

77. "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

78. "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

79. 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

80. 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

81. Jack Falstaff and Doll Tearsheet

Creator:: James S. King, 1852–1925
Date:: 1885
Materials & Techniques:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 14in. (27.9 x 35.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

82. Mr. Macready as Hamlet and Mr. Stuart as the Ghost - "Hamlet," Act I, Scene V

Creator:: Possibly George Hollis, 1792–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 7in. (26.7 x 17.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

83. Charles Kean in the Character of Hamlet

Creator:: Karl Friedrich Reichert, active 1860–died 1881
Date:: 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Colored lithograph
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

84. Mrs. Siddons

Creator:: William Say, 1768–1834
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 34 11/16 × 22 3/16 inches (88.1 × 56.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

85. 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

86. "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

87. Shakespeare brought before Sir Thomas Lucy for the Deer Shooting, from "The Eclectic"

Creator:: John Sartain, 1808–1897
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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

Creator:: Print made by George Hollis, 1792–1842
Date:: 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Etching; open etched state on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 1/8 × 30 1/2 inches (61.3 × 77.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. 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

90. 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

91. 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

92. Anne Page, Slender and Shallow - "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Act III, Scene IV

Creator:: Charles Burt, 1822–1894
Date:: 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 23 1/2in. (49.5 x 59.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

93. A Scene in the New Farce - as Performed at the Royalty Theatre!

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 13 5/8 inches (24.2 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

94. 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

95. 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

96. Kemble

Creator:: William Sharp, 1749–1824
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 12in. (22.9 x 30.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

97. 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

98. David Garrick Esq.

Creator:: Samuel Freeman, 1773–1857
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 1/4 inches (27.3 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. London. A Street: 'Henry IV Part II,' Act II, Scene I

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: after 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 8 1/8 inches (14.9 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

100. Another Part of the Field: 'Henry IV Part I,' Act V, Scene IV

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: after 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/16 × 8 7/16 inches (15.7 × 21.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. Imogen and the Shepherds, 'Cymbeline,' Act IV, scene II

2. Puck and Fairies, from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

3. Shylock and Jessica from the 'Merchant of Venice,' II, ii

4. Children Acting the 'Play Scene' from "Hamlet," Act II, Scene ii

5. Master Betty as Hamlet, before a Bust of Shakespeare

6. Falstaff at Herne's Oak, from "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Act V, Scene v

7. Falstaff and the recruits, from "Henry IV, Part II"

8. Procession of Characters from Shakespeare's Plays

9. The First Appearance of William Shakespeare on the Stage of the Globe Theatre

10. Oberon and Titania from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Act IV, Scene i

11. Buck Washing on Datchet Mead from 'The Merry Wives of Windsor,' III, v

12. Herne's Oak from 'The Merry Wives of Windsor,' V, v

13. Hamlet and his Mother; The Closet Scene

14. William Shakespeare

15. Oberon and Titania

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20. Octavius Augustus Cæsar

21. Study for the Head of Ferdinand in "Ferdinand Lured by Ariel"

22. The Murder of Banquo

23. Cleopatra on the Cydnus to Meet Antony

24. Miss Lissie Weston as Oberon - Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II, Scene II

25. Study for 'Finding of the Body of Bassanio'

26. Stephano, Trinculo and Caliban with Prospero's Magic Wardrobe

27. Prospero and Ariel

28. Falstaff Instructing Bardolph

29. Falstaff in the Boar's Head

30. Falstaff Dragging the Body of Hotspur

31. Anne Page and Slender

32. Lysander Awakening to See Helena

33. Falstaff at Herne's Oak

34. Portrait Studies of Actors including Mary Wells as Cowslip, John Kemble, Edmund Kean, and Sarah Siddons as Hermione

35. Lear in the Storm

36. Macbeth and Banquo on the Heath

37. Shakespeare's Cliff, Dover

38. Apotheosis of Shakespeare's Characters

39. Design for Midsummer Night's Dream

40. Design for A Winter's Tale

41. Shakespeare House, Aldersgate Street

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

43. Garrick in the Green Room

44. Comedy of Errors, Act II Sc. 2

45. Taming of the Shrew, Induc. Sc. II

46. Set of Seven: Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man

47. Set of Four: Much Ado About Nothing or Illustrations of Sayings

48. One of a set of four: Much Ado About Nothing or Illustrations of Old Savings

49. Set of Four: Much Ado About Nothing or Illustrations of Old Sayings

50. Set of Four: Much Ado About Nothing or Illustrations of Old Sayings

51. One of a Set of Four: Much Ado About Nothing or Illustrations of Old Sayings

52. The Green Room at Drury Lane Theatre

53. Mrs. Pope as Juliet

54. William Shakespeare

55. Antony and Cleopatra Act IV Sc. 8

56. Comedy of Errors, Act II, Scene II

57. Winter's Tale, Act 3, Scene 3

58. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

59. Malvolio Dancing

60. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

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

62. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

63. Enter Malvolio, Crossgartered...

64. Ferdinand Riding the Waves

65. Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda

66. Hecate

67. Queen Katherine's Dream

68. Sketches for a Scene from 'Macbeth'

69. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

70. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

71. Studies for Shylock

72. The School-Boy

73. The Infant