Creator Gender: male / Image Use: Free to Use / Subject Terms: literary theme

1. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806, British
Date:: 1786
Medium:: beeswax and oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 26 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches (67.3 x 97.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The Beggar's Opera

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British
Date:: 1729
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 1/4 x 30 inches (59.1 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The Horse

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: ca. 1805
Medium:: Tempera with pen and black ink on a copper engraving plate
Dimensions:: 4 3/16 x 2 1/2 inches (10.6 x 6.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Lady of Shalott

Creator:: Walter Crane, 1845–1915, British
Date:: 1862
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (24.1 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

5. 'The Triumph of Mercy,' from Collins' 'Ode To Mercy'

Creator:: William Artaud, 1763–1823, British
Date:: 1788 to 1790
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 95 x 80 1/2 inches (241.3 x 204.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. 'The Vicar of Wakefield,' Vol. II, Chap. III: The Return of Olivia

Creator:: Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752–1798, British
Date:: 1786
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 x 13 3/4 inches (27.9 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. 'The Vicar of Wakefield,' Vol. I, Chap. VIII: Dining in the Hayfields' (Surprised by Mr. Thornhill's Chaplain)

Creator:: Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752–1798, British
Date:: 1786
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 x 13 3/4 inches (27.9 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: James Smetham, 1821–1889, British
Date:: ca. 1874
Medium:: 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

9. "The Lady of Shalott"

Creator:: John Atkinson Grimshaw, 1836–1893, British
Date:: ca. 1875
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 × 36 inches (61 × 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Pamela Askew

10. Edward Shuter, John Beard, and John Dunstall in Isaac Bickerton's "Love in a Village"

Creator:: Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810, German, active in Britain (from 1760)
Date:: 1767
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 51 1/4 x 65 inches (130.2 x 165.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Henry Woodward as Petruchio in Catherine and Petruchio, a version by Garrick of "The Taming of the Shrew"

Creator:: Benjamin van der Gucht, 1753–1794, British
Date:: between 1773 and 1774
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797, British, active in Italy (1773–75)
Date:: 1779
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/16 x 50 1/4 inches (101.8 x 127.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Study for 'The Red Cross Knight'

Creator:: John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815, American, active in Britain (from 1776)
Date:: ca. 1793
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 x 21 inches (43.2 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Captain Macheath Upbraided by Polly and Lucy in the 'Beggar's Opera', 1826

Creator:: Gilbert Stuart Newton, 1794–1835, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 x 47 1/2 inches (96.5 x 120.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Gulliver Taking His Final Leave of the Land of the Houyhnhnms

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807, British
Date:: 1769
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 x 55 inches (104.1 x 139.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Gulliver Addressing the Houyhnhnms

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807, British
Date:: 1769
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 x 55 inches (104.1 x 139.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Mr. Peregrine Touchwood Breaking in upon the Rev. Josiah Cargill

Creator:: William Mulready, 1786–1863, Irish
Date:: 1831
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 21 × 17 inches (53.3 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia

Creator:: Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764, Dutch, active in Britain (from 1723)
Date:: 1755
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 84 x 82 inches (213.4 x 208.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Valentine rescuing Silvia from Proteus, from Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," Act V, Scene 4, the Outlaws' Cave

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801, British
Date:: 1792
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 65 1/2 x 52 1/2 inches (166.4 x 133.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. The Cave of Despair

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763)
Date:: 1772
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 x 30 inches (61 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Slender, with the Assistance of Shallow, Courting Anne Page, from "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Act III, Scene iv

Creator:: Charles Robert Leslie, 1794–1859, British
Date:: 1825
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 5/8 x 31 1/2 inches (67.6 x 80 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

22. Cymon and Iphigenia

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763)
Date:: ca. 1766
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 24 1/8 x 32 1/2 inches (61.3 x 82.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. Hamlet and his Mother; The Closet Scene

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886, British
Date:: 1846
Medium:: 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

24. The revelation of Olivia's betrothal, from "Twelfth Night," Act V, Scene i

Creator:: William Hamilton, 1751–1801, British
Date:: ca. 1790
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 1/2 x 17 inches (34.3 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. The Ghost of Clytemnestra Awakening the Furies

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824, British
Date:: 1781
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 20 x 25 1/2 inches (50.8 x 64.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Scene from Shakespeare's "Henry IV, Part I"

Creator:: Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772, British
Date:: 1746
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 28 1/2 inches (91.4 x 72.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Louis-Francois Roubiliac Modelling His Monument to Shakespeare

Creator:: Adrien Carpentiers, active 1739–1778, Flemish, active in Britain (from 1739)
Date:: between 1760 and 1761
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 1/4 x 39 3/4 inches (127.6 x 101 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. The Harlowe Family, from Samuel Richardson's "Clarissa"

Creator:: Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780, British
Date:: between 1745 and 1747
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/2 x 30 7/8 inches (64.8 x 78.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. A Knight and Page (from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s “Götz von Berlichingen” )

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828, British
Date:: ca. 1826
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/4 x 15 inches (46.4 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Jaques and the Wounded Stag: 'As You Like It,' Act II, Scene I

Creator:: Landscape by William Hodges, 1744–1797, British
Date:: 1790
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 1/4 x 48 1/2 inches (92.1 x 123.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

31. Falstaff with the Body of Hotspur

Creator:: Attributed to Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812, French, active in Britain (from 1771)
Date:: ca. 1786
Medium:: Oil on paper
Dimensions:: 12 x 11 1/4 inches (30.5 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

32. The Return of Othello, 'Othello,' Act II, Scene II

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834, British
Date:: ca. 1799
Medium:: Oil on paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions:: 8 1/4 x 10 inches (21 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

33. Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest"

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: ca. 1780
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 3/4 x 36 3/8 inches (70.5 x 92.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

34. The Seven Ages of Man: The Infant, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Medium:: Pen and ink and oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

35. The Seven Ages of Man: The Schoolboy, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

36. The Seven Ages of Man: Second Childishness, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Medium:: Pen and ink and oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

37. Cordelia Championed by the Earl of Kent, from Shakespeare's "King Lear," I, i

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: between 1770 and 1780
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 1/8 x 50 1/2 inches (104.5 x 128.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

38. Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest," Act I, scene ii

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834, British
Date:: ca. 1799
Medium:: Oil on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions:: 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (21 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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

Creator:: John S. Clifton, active 1852–1869, British
Date:: 1849
Medium:: 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

40. Procession of Characters from Shakespeare's Plays

Creator:: unknown artist, nineteenth century
Date:: ca. 1840
Medium:: 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

41. David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in "Romeo and Juliet", Act V, Scene iii

Creator:: Benjamin Wilson, 1721–1788, British
Date:: 1753
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 54 5/8 x 72 1/2 inches (138.7 x 184.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834, British
Date:: 1806
Medium:: 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

43. Olivia, Maria and Malvolio from "Twelfth Night," Act III, Scene iv

Creator:: Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1763–1840, German, active in Britain (1781–88)
Date:: 1789
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 62 1/8 x 86 7/8 inches (157.8 x 220.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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

Creator:: John Cawse, 1779–1862, British
Date:: ca. 1818
Medium:: 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

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

Creator:: George Cruikshank, 1792–1878, British
Date:: ca. 1857
Medium:: 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

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

Creator:: George Cruikshank, 1792–1878, British
Date:: 1864 to 1865
Medium:: 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

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

Creator:: Charles Hunt, 1803–1877, British
Date:: 1863
Medium:: 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

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

Creator:: Joseph Noel Paton, 1821–1901, British
Date:: ca. 1850
Medium:: 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

49. The Seven Ages of Man: The Lover, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

50. Shylock and Tubal from "The Merchant of Venice"

Creator:: Herbert Stoppelaer, active 1730–1775, Irish
Date:: 1767 to 1769
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 1/2 x 28 3/4 inches (59.7 x 73 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

51. The Seven Ages of Man: The Soldier, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

52. The Seven Ages of Man: The Justice, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

53. The Seven Ages of Man: The Pantaloon, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

54. Portia and Shylock, from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice", IV, i

Creator:: Edward Alcock, active 1750–ca. 1778, British
Date:: ca. 1778
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 x 20 inches (66 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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

Creator:: James Stephanoff, 1787–1874, British
Date:: 1832
Medium:: 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

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

Creator:: James Northcote, 1746–1831, British
Date:: between 1804 and 1806
Medium:: 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

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

Creator:: Gilbert Stuart Newton, 1794–1835, British
Date:: 1830
Medium:: 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

58. Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia

Creator:: Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764, Dutch, active in Britain (from 1723)
Date:: ca. 1755
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 1/16 x 20 9/16 inches (38.3 x 52.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Sylvia and the Wounded Stag

Creator:: Joseph Gott, 1786–1860, British, active in Italy
Date:: 1824
Medium:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 6 11/16 inches (17 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

60. Oberon and Titania

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: 1837
Medium:: 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

61. The Homeward Star

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: etching begun ca. 1880; impression printed in 1924
Medium:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thin, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 x 9 1/2 inches (16.4 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. The Vine

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: 1852
Medium:: 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

63. Moeris and Galatea

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: 1880-1883
Medium:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 14 1/2in. (25.4 x 36.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

64. The Bellman

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: 1879
Medium:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/16 x 16 7/8 inches (28.4 x 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. The Bellman

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: 1879
Medium:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 inches (26.7 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. The Homeward Star

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: begun ca. 1880
Medium:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 9 5/16 inches (16.8 x 23.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. The Lonely Tower

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: 1879
Medium:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 14 1/4 inches (26.4 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. The Homeward Star

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: etching begun ca. 1880; impression printed in 1924
Medium:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 x 12 15/16 inches (27.4 x 32.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Opening the Fold

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: 1880
Medium:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 x 12 7/8 inches (26.9 x 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Moeris and Galatea

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: plate etched between 1880 and 1883; impression printed in 1924
Medium:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone, retouched with white watercolor, gouache or chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/16 x 13 13/16 inches (29.1 x 35.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. The Sleeping Shepherd

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: 1857
Medium:: Etching and drypoint on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 13/16 x 8 9/16 inches (30 x 21.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. The Lonely Tower

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: 1879
Medium:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 14 1/16 inches (26.1 x 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

73. The Sepulchre

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: between 1880 and 1883
Medium:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 x 14 3/8 inches (25.3 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

74. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806, British
Date:: 1788
Medium:: Etching with roulette and rocker work, first state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/2 x 27 3/8in. (52 x 69.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard the Third - "Richard III," Act V, Scene VII

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British
Date:: 1746
Medium:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 10 1/2in. (41.9 x 26.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

76. Hudibras Vanquished by Trulla

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British
Medium:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection

77. Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard III

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British
Date:: 1746
Medium:: 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

78. Opening the Fold

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: plate etched in 1880; impression printed in 1920
Medium:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone (printed in brown ink by Sir Frank Short) on thin, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 15/16 x 10 1/2 inches (17.6 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Opening the Fold

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: plate etched in 1880; impression printed in 1926
Medium:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone (printed under the supervision of Sir Frank Short, Martin Hardie and Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs, 1926) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 11 9/16 inches (18.4 x 29.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Apuleia in Search of Apuleius

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Date:: between 1813 and 1823
Medium:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink Engraver's proof (f) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 17 inches (29.8 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. The Deluge

Creator:: Engraved by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Date:: between 1813 and 1823
Medium:: Mezzotint, printed in brown ink Modern Impression on moderately thick, slightly 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 Collection

82. Design for an Illustration for Walter Scott's "Lady of the Lake", Loch Achray

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Date:: ca. 1832
Medium:: Watercolor, graphite, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches (28.6 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Apuleia in Search of Apuleius

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Date:: between 1813 and 1823
Medium:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 15 3/4 inches (28.3 × 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Aesacus and Hesperie

Creator:: Etched and engraved by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Date:: 1819
Medium:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 10 1/4 inches (17.8 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Procris and Cephalus

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Date:: 1812
Medium:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 16 1/8 inches (28.3 × 41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. From Spenser's Fairy Queen

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Date:: 1811
Medium:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 16 7/8 inches (29.2 × 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Paradise Lost Sketchbook

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: ca. 1793
Medium:: Graphite
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

88. The Witches' Cavern

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: between 1792 and 1793
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 9 3/16 inches (14.3 x 23.3 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

89. MacBeth: Banquet Scene

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 x 7 5/8 inches (11.7 x 19.4 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

90. MacBeth: Banquet Scene

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 8 3/8 inches (14.3 x 21.3 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

91. MacBeth: Banquet Scene

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 6 3/4 inches (14.3 x 17.1 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

92. MacBeth at the Witches' Cave: Second Visit

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 9 1/8 inches (14.3 x 23.2 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

93. Abandonment and Rescue of Perdita from "The Winter's Tale" (Tampered with but Not Fake)

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 20 5/8 inches (38.1 x 52.4 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

94. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: ca. 1774
Medium:: Brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 x 19 5/16 inches (38 x 49 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

95. John Henderson as Falstaff

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: 1780
Medium:: Gray ink and gray wash with pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (39.3 x 31.7 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

96. Birth of Man

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 inches (13.7 x 17.8 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

97. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: ca. 1793
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

98. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: ca. 1793
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

99. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: ca. 1793
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

100. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: ca. 1793
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

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1. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

2. The Beggar's Opera

3. The Horse

4. The Lady of Shalott

5. 'The Triumph of Mercy,' from Collins' 'Ode To Mercy'

6. 'The Vicar of Wakefield,' Vol. II, Chap. III: The Return of Olivia

7. 'The Vicar of Wakefield,' Vol. I, Chap. VIII: Dining in the Hayfields' (Surprised by Mr. Thornhill's Chaplain)

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

9. "The Lady of Shalott"

10. Edward Shuter, John Beard, and John Dunstall in Isaac Bickerton's "Love in a Village"

11. Henry Woodward as Petruchio in Catherine and Petruchio, a version by Garrick of "The Taming of the Shrew"

12. Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus

13. Study for 'The Red Cross Knight'

14. Captain Macheath Upbraided by Polly and Lucy in the 'Beggar's Opera', 1826

15. Gulliver Taking His Final Leave of the Land of the Houyhnhnms

16. Gulliver Addressing the Houyhnhnms

17. Mr. Peregrine Touchwood Breaking in upon the Rev. Josiah Cargill

18. Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia

19. Valentine rescuing Silvia from Proteus, from Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," Act V, Scene 4, the Outlaws' Cave

20. The Cave of Despair

21. Slender, with the Assistance of Shallow, Courting Anne Page, from "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Act III, Scene iv

22. Cymon and Iphigenia

23. Hamlet and his Mother; The Closet Scene

24. The revelation of Olivia's betrothal, from "Twelfth Night," Act V, Scene i

25. The Ghost of Clytemnestra Awakening the Furies

26. Scene from Shakespeare's "Henry IV, Part I"

27. Louis-Francois Roubiliac Modelling His Monument to Shakespeare

28. The Harlowe Family, from Samuel Richardson's "Clarissa"

29. A Knight and Page (from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s “Götz von Berlichingen” )

30. Jaques and the Wounded Stag: 'As You Like It,' Act II, Scene I

31. Falstaff with the Body of Hotspur

32. The Return of Othello, 'Othello,' Act II, Scene II

33. Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest"

34. The Seven Ages of Man: The Infant, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

35. The Seven Ages of Man: The Schoolboy, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

36. The Seven Ages of Man: Second Childishness, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

37. Cordelia Championed by the Earl of Kent, from Shakespeare's "King Lear," I, i

38. Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest," Act I, scene ii

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

40. Procession of Characters from Shakespeare's Plays

41. David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in "Romeo and Juliet", Act V, Scene iii

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

43. Olivia, Maria and Malvolio from "Twelfth Night," Act III, Scene iv

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

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

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

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

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

49. The Seven Ages of Man: The Lover, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

50. Shylock and Tubal from "The Merchant of Venice"

51. The Seven Ages of Man: The Soldier, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

52. The Seven Ages of Man: The Justice, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

53. The Seven Ages of Man: The Pantaloon, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

54. Portia and Shylock, from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice", IV, i

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

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

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

58. Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia

59. Sylvia and the Wounded Stag

60. Oberon and Titania

61. The Homeward Star

62. The Vine

63. Moeris and Galatea

64. The Bellman

65. The Bellman

66. The Homeward Star

67. The Lonely Tower

68. The Homeward Star

69. Opening the Fold

70. Moeris and Galatea

71. The Sleeping Shepherd

72. The Lonely Tower

73. The Sepulchre