Genre: literary theme and portrait / Image Available: Available / Classification: Prints

1. Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard III

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1746
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mrs. Lyall Dean, Mrs. Borden Helmer, and the Estate of Bliss Reed Crocker in memory of Mr and Mrs. Edward Bliss Reed, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

2. Sir Richard Blackmore

Creator:: George White, ca.1684–1732
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 9 7/16 inches (34.3 × 24 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The Captive

Creator:: Print made by Robert Blyth, 1750–1784
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 x 17 1/4 inches (34.8 x 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. 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

5. Ophelia: There Is Rue for You and Here's Some for Me

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 x 8 7/8 inches (28.7 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

6. 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

7. Sir Richard Steele

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1733
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 × 10 15/16 inches (39.1 × 27.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. George Stepney Esq.

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1733
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/16 × 10 1/2 inches (36 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Resignation

Creator:: Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 3/16 × 16 1/4 inches (56.4 × 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Honorable Mrs. Tollemache in the Character of Miranda

Creator:: John Jones, ca. 1745–1797
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 1/8 × 15 inches (61.3 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Joseph Warton

Creator:: Niccoló Schiavonetti, 1771–1813
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 11/16 × 4 7/8 inches (19.5 × 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Isaac Watts

Creator:: Simon François Ravenet, 1706–1774
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 6 11/16 inches (23.2 × 17 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. The Cottagers

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving
Dimensions:: Plate: 20 3/4 x 16in. (52.7 x 40.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Dr. Joseph Warton

Creator:: Anthony Cardon, 1772–1813
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 8 13/16 inches (28.3 × 22.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Reverend Thomas Warton

Creator:: Charles Howard Hodges, 1764–1837
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/8 × 14 3/16 inches (49.2 × 36 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Joseph Warton, Master of Winchester College

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 × 11 1/8 inches (38.6 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Count Ugolino della Gherardesca and His Sons in Prison

Creator:: Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/2 × 25 1/4 inches (52.1 × 64.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Reflections on Clarissa Harlow

Creator:: Gabriel Scorodomoff, 1748–1792
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 5/8 × 14 5/8 inches (47.3 × 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Sir Richard Steele

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca.1733
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 1/2 × 7 3/16 inches (26.7 × 18.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Dugald Stewart Esq.

Creator:: Charles Turner, 1774–1857
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 11 3/8 inches (38.1 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Sir Richard Steele

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca.1733
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/16 × 6 1/8 inches (21.4 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Sir John Suckling

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1744
Materials & Techniques:: LIne engraving and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 9 3/8 inches (38.4 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Lovelace in Prison

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 x 17 7/16 inches (39 x 44.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. L'Allegro

Creator:: James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 7/16 × 15 inches (62.1 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Oliver Goldsmith and Canonbury Tower, Isington, Middlesex

Creator:: J. Rogers, active ca.1825–ca.1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 5 1/16in. (19.7 x 12.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Reverend Hugh Blair, D.D.

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 × 11 15/16 inches (38.7 × 30.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Eloisa

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 × 16 7/8 inches (58.4 × 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Maria

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 10 1/16 inches (33.3 × 25.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

29. Maria

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 9 inches (29.5 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

30. Van Dyke in the Character of Icarus

Creator:: Print made by John Watts, active 1766–1786
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/2 × 14 1/2 inches (47 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

31. Van Dyke in the Character of Icarus

Creator:: Print made by John Watts, active 1766–1786
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/16 × 14 1/8 inches (46.2 × 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

32. Canonbury Tower, Islington, Middlesex Formerly the Residence of Oliver Goldsmith

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving and stipple
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker

33. Imogen's Bedchamber in Cymbeline's Palace, 'Cymbeline,' Act II, Scene II

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 13/16 x 16 3/4 inches (32.5 x 42.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Garrick in the Character of Richard III

Creator:: Samuel William Reynolds, 1773–1835
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/4 x 13 3/4in. (52.7 x 34.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Samuel Butler

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 × 4 3/8 inches (12.4 × 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Sir Brooke Boothby, 6th Baronet Boothby of Broadlow Ash

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 11 7/8 inches (40.5 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1627
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/16 × 4 1/4 inches (17.9 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 inches (35.6 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Joseph Baretti

Creator:: James Hardy, active 1770s
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 × 8 3/4 inches (28.9 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Literary Characters Assembled around the Medallion of Shakespeare

Creator:: Print made by Lydia Bates, active 1784
Date:: ca. 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 16 9/16 inches (28.5 x 42 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

41. Miss Crockatt as Julia de Roubigné

Creator:: Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 13/16 x 11 7/16 inches (37.7 x 29 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

42. David Garrick as Richard III

Creator:: Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/4 × 17 1/8 inches (66.7 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

43. Love in Her Eyes Sits Playing

Creator:: Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/16 × 19 3/8 inches (44 × 49.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

44. Sigismonda

Creator:: Print made by John Blackmore, active 1740–1780
Date:: between 1769 and 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 12 13/16 inches (42.8 x 32.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

45. The Great Executioner

Creator:: Print made by Prince Rupert, 1619–1682
Date:: 1658
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/8 × 17 1/2 inches (63.8 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

46. Mary Hale (née Chaloner) as Euphrosyne in 'L'Allegro'

Creator:: Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: between 1762 and 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 3/8 × 17 3/4 inches (67 × 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

47. Clara at the tomb of Eloisa

Creator:: Print made by John Young, 1755–1825
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (second state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/8 × 15 1/2 inches (51.8 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

48. Mrs. Gwynne and Mrs. Bunbury in the Characters of the Merry Wives of Windsor

Creator:: Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 × 11 5/16 inches (31.2 × 28.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

49. Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy

Creator:: Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint ( 1st state ) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/8 × 19 7/8 inches (41.6 × 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

50. 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

51. Mrs. Yates as 'Melancholy' in 'Il Penseroso'

Creator:: Print made by Robert Dunkarton, 1744–1811
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 1/2 × 15 1/2 inches (62.2 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

52. Dr. Goldsmith

Creator:: Print made by Giuseppe Marchi, ca. 1735–1808
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 × 13 inches (46 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

53. Phoebe Hoppner as Caroline de Lichtfield

Creator:: Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 x 11 9/16 inches (36.3 x 29.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

54. Mrs. Michael Angelo Taylor as 'Miranda'

Creator:: Print made by James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: ca. 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/4 × 18 1/8 inches (64.1 × 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

55. Miss Elizabeth Beauclerc as 'Una'

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, printed in brown ink on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/8 × 16 3/8 inches (56.2 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

56. Margaret Woffington as Mrs. Ford in "The Merry Wives of Windsor"

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1751
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 14 inches (50.2 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

57. La Signora Zamperini in the Character of Cecchina

Creator:: Print made by John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/16 x 11 5/16 inches (39.2 x 28.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

58. Matthew Prior

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1728
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 7/16 inches (35.9 × 26.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. John Hawkesworth

Creator:: Niccoló Schiavonetti, 1771–1813
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 13/16 × 5 13/16 inches (22.4 × 14.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. The Right Honorable Jospeh Addison, Esqr.

Creator:: John Simon, 1675–1755
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 1/8 inches (35.6 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Mrs. Montagu

Creator:: Thomas Cheesman, 1760–1834/35
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Soft ground etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 × 11 11/16 inches (36.5 × 29.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Mrs. Robinson

Creator:: Print made by William Birch, 1755–1834
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and acquatint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 5 7/16 inches (17.8 × 13.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Mrs Seaforth as, Tuccia - The Vestal Virgin

Creator:: Peltro W. Tomkins, 1760–1840
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/4 × 15 5/8 inches (52.7 × 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Edmund Spenser

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1727
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 9 15/16 inches (37.8 × 25.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. George Colman, The Elder

Creator:: Edward Scriven, 1775–1841
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 × 13 inches (41.3 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Creator:: Print made by William Say, 1768–1834
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on thin, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/16 × 10 7/8 inches (36 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Alexander Dow

Creator:: Samuel William Reynolds, 1773–1835
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 inches (27.3 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Samuel Foote

Creator:: John Blackmore, active 1740–1780
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/4 × 13 1/4 inches (45.1 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. The Right Honourable John Hookham Frere

Creator:: Print made by William Whiston Barney, active 1805–1817
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 × 15 5/8 inches (54 × 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Johannes Gay

Creator:: William Smith, active 1775–1776
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 9/16 × 9 9/16 inches (34.4 × 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Mrs. Frances Abington (née Barton) as Roxalana in "The Sultan"

Creator:: John Keyse Sherwin, c.1751–1790
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 9/16 inches (24.4 × 19.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Honorable Miss Mary Monkton

Creator:: Johann Jacobé, 1733–1797
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/4 × 15 15/16 inches (66.7 × 40.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Mrs. Montagu

Creator:: Thomas Cheesman, 1760–1834/35
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Soft ground etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 × 8 5/8 inches (31.4 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. John Smith, Writing Master in London

Creator:: William Faithorne the Younger, ca. 1669–1703
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 8 3/4 inches (32.4 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Sir Philip Sidney

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1741
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 × 9 inches (36.5 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Elizabeth Carter

Creator:: Print made by Caroline Watson, 1760–1814
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/16 × 10 5/16 inches (33.5 × 26.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Mr. Garrick in the Character of Kitely

Creator:: John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 9/16 × 12 5/16 inches (42.1 × 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy (David Garrick)

Creator:: Richard Purcell, active 1746–1766
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 15 15/16 inches (35.2 × 40.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Joseph Addison Esq.

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1733
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 × 10 1/8 inches (36.4 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Thomas Percy

Creator:: William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 × 10 3/8 inches (36.5 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 7 11/16 inches (26.7 × 19.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Elizabeth Ann Sheridan (née Linley) as St. Cecilia

Creator:: Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 9/16 × 12 15/16 inches (42.1 × 32.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. William Congreve Esq.

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1733
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 5/16 inches (35.9 × 26.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Samuel Dyer

Creator:: Giuseppe Marchi, ca. 1735–1808
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/8 × 13 1/8 inches (44.8 × 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Lady Elizabeth Cavendish (née Hervey), Duchess of Devonshire

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 3/16 inches (23.2 × 18.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. 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

87. John Hawkesworth

Creator:: James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 × 13 inches (43.2 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Mrs. Montagu

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/2 × 14 5/8 inches (52.1 × 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Mr. Alexander Pope

Creator:: John Simon, 1675–1755
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 inches (35.6 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. Dr. John Reynolds, S.T.B.

Creator:: James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Date:: 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/16 × 10 1/16 inches (35.7 × 25.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Hamlet in Scotland

Creator:: Print made by Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches (28.6 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

92. Ralph Cudworth

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 3 15/16 inches (16.4 × 10 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Emma, Lady Hamilton as 'Ariadne'

Creator:: Print made by Charles Brome, ca. 1774–1801
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving (first state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 1/4 × 17 inches (59.1 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

94. Mrs. Siddons, in the Character of the Tragic Muse

Creator:: Print made by Francis Haward, 1759–1797
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, etching and stipple engraving (first state) on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 28 × 20 inches (71.1 × 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

95. Mrs. Jordan as L'Allegro

Creator:: Print made by Robert Dunkarton, 1744–1811
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (only state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 3/4 × 15 3/4 inches (62.9 × 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

96. Mrs. Jordan in the Character of the Romp

Creator:: Print made by John Ogborne the Elder, 1755–1795
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving (first state) on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 11 5/16 inches (37.8 × 28.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

97. The Honble Mrs. Tollemache, in the Character of Miranda

Creator:: Print made by John Jones, ca. 1745–1797
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/2 × 16 inches (64.8 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

98. The Cottagers

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 × 16 1/4 inches (53.3 × 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

99. Little Red Riding Hood

Creator:: Print made by imitator of George Baxter, 1804–1867
Date:: after 1856
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and stipple engraving; color woodcut done by Le Blond & Co. on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/16 × 5 1/8 inches (17.9 × 13 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. Monachum Non Facit Cucullus - The Cowl Does Not Make the Monk

Creator:: Print made by Nathaniel Hone, 1718–1784
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 18 inches (35.6 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard III

2. Sir Richard Blackmore

3. The Captive

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

5. Ophelia: There Is Rue for You and Here's Some for Me

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26. Reverend Hugh Blair, D.D.

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30. Van Dyke in the Character of Icarus

31. Van Dyke in the Character of Icarus

32. Canonbury Tower, Islington, Middlesex Formerly the Residence of Oliver Goldsmith

33. Imogen's Bedchamber in Cymbeline's Palace, 'Cymbeline,' Act II, Scene II

34. Garrick in the Character of Richard III

35. Samuel Butler

36. Sir Brooke Boothby, 6th Baronet Boothby of Broadlow Ash

37. Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban

38. Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban

39. Joseph Baretti

40. Literary Characters Assembled around the Medallion of Shakespeare

41. Miss Crockatt as Julia de Roubigné

42. David Garrick as Richard III

43. Love in Her Eyes Sits Playing

44. Sigismonda

45. The Great Executioner

46. Mary Hale (née Chaloner) as Euphrosyne in 'L'Allegro'

47. Clara at the tomb of Eloisa

48. Mrs. Gwynne and Mrs. Bunbury in the Characters of the Merry Wives of Windsor

49. Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy

50. Mrs. Pope as Juliet

51. Mrs. Yates as 'Melancholy' in 'Il Penseroso'

52. Dr. Goldsmith

53. Phoebe Hoppner as Caroline de Lichtfield

54. Mrs. Michael Angelo Taylor as 'Miranda'

55. Miss Elizabeth Beauclerc as 'Una'

56. Margaret Woffington as Mrs. Ford in "The Merry Wives of Windsor"

57. La Signora Zamperini in the Character of Cecchina

58. Matthew Prior

59. John Hawkesworth

60. The Right Honorable Jospeh Addison, Esqr.

61. Mrs. Montagu

62. Mrs. Robinson

63. Mrs Seaforth as, Tuccia - The Vestal Virgin

64. Edmund Spenser

65. George Colman, The Elder

66. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

67. Alexander Dow

68. Samuel Foote

69. The Right Honourable John Hookham Frere

70. Johannes Gay

71. Mrs. Frances Abington (née Barton) as Roxalana in "The Sultan"

72. Honorable Miss Mary Monkton