Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Period: 18th century / Associated People: Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet

Benjamin van der Gucht, 1753–1794, British

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

between 1773 and 1774

Not on view

Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810, German, active in Britain (from 1760)

David Garrick and his wife Eva Maria Garrick (née Veigel) by his Temple to Shakespeare at Hampton

ca. 1762

Not on view

Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764, Dutch, active in Britain (from 1723)

Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia

1755

Not on view

Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801, British

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

1792

Not on view

William Hamilton, 1751–1801, British

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

ca. 1790

Not on view

Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772, British

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

1746

Not on view

Adrien Carpentiers, active 1739–1778, Flemish, active in Britain (from 1739)

Louis-Francois Roubiliac Modelling His Monument to Shakespeare

between 1760 and 1761

Not on view

Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764, Dutch, active in Britain (from 1723)

Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia

ca. 1755

Not on view

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)

Prospero Disarming Ferdinand, Act I, Scene II

1793

John Jones, ca. 1745–1797, British

Beatrice, Hero and Ursula

ca. 1771

Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776, British

Falstaff Inspecting the Recruits

between 1761 and 1765

James Barry, 1741–1806, Irish

King Lear

1776

John Flaxman Seventeen Sketches chiefly of Mrs. Siddons in the Roles of Titania or Constance (King John) and including a Sketch of Kemble as Hamlet and a Study of Puck

John Flaxman, 1755–1826, British

Seventeen Sketches chiefly of Mrs. Siddons in the Roles of Titania or Constance (King John) and including a Sketch of Kemble as Hamlet and a Study of Puck

ca. 1795

Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832, British

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

1786

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779, British

Literary Characters Assembled Around the Medallion of Shakespeare

1776

unknown artist

Portrait of Moses Kean

undated

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)

Jane Shore

1790

Robert Laurie, 1755?–1836, British

David Garrick, Esq

1779

Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796, British

Monument to Shakespeare

ca. 1763

Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British

Lady Percy Watching the Sleeping Hotspur

1781

Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British

Prospero and Miranda

1781

Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British

Imogen in the Cave, 'Cymbeline', Act III, Scene VI

1782

Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British

Antigonus Disposing of Perdita

ca. 1781

Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British

Arviragus, Bearing Imogen as Dead in his Arms, 'Cymbeline', Act IV, Scene II

1780

Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British

Ophelia's Death

ca. 1781

Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British

Lady Macbeth, Sleepwalking

1781

Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825, Swiss, active in Britain (1766–70; 1779 on)

Figure Leaning over Stairs

1789

Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British

The Three Witches from Macbeth: Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

1781

Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British

The Three Witches from Macbeth: Though the Bark Cannot be Lost..

ca. 1781

Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British

The Apparition of the Armed Head: Macbeth

ca. 1781

Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British

Lear and Cordelia

ca. 1781

Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British

Imogen Entering the Cave, 'Cymbeline', Act III, Scene VI

1781

Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British

Lear and Cordelia

ca. 1781

Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British

Ferdinand and Ariel

ca. 1781

Print made by Charles Gauthier Playter, died 1809

Henry VI, Part III: Act I, Scene III, A Field of Battle betwixt Sandal Castle . .

1793

Print made by Peter Simon, 1750–1810

Romeo and Juliet: Act IV, Scene III (A Monument Belonging to the Capulets)

1791

Print made by Robert Thew, 1758–1802, British

King Henry VI, Part I: Act II, Scene V, A Room in the Tower (The Death of Mortimer)

1792

Print made by Jean B. Michel, active 1803

King Henry VI, Part III: Act V, Scene VII (Queen Bess Presenting King Edward . . . with Their Infant Son)

1791

Print made by Robert Thew, 1758–1802, British

King Richard III: Act III, Scene I (The Meeting of Edward V and His Brother, Richard, Duke of York)

1789

Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)

John Henderson as Iago

1786

George Vertue, 1684–1756, British

Familia Regia: Henry VIII, Henry VII, Elizabeth of York, Jane Seymour

1742

L. Truchy, 1721–1764

Sir John Falstaff in the Buck Basket

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)

Ophelia vide Hamlet, Act 4, Scene VII

1794

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)

Troilus and Cressida, Act 4, Scene II

1794

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)

As You Like It, Act IV, Orlando and Oliver

1788

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)

Coriolanus, Act 5, Scene III

1783

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)

Cordelia

1784

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)

Cleopatra And Meleagar

1783

John Finlayson, 1730–1776, British

David Garrick in the Character of 'Kitely'

1769

Francesco Bartolozzi Edward, Prince of Wales, Presenting the Captive King John of France and His Sons to His Father Edward the Third After the Battle of Poictiers

Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)

Edward, Prince of Wales, Presenting the Captive King John of France and His Sons to His Father Edward the Third After the Battle of Poictiers

1788

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)

Shakespeare's Tomb

1782

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)

The Birth of Shakespeare

1782

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)

Anthony and Cleopatra, Act 3, Scene II

1794

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)

Troilus and Crssida, Act 3, Scene II

1794

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)

Antony and Cleopatra, Act I, Scene II

1794

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)

King Lear, Act 4, Scene VII

1794

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)

Macbeth, Act I, Scene II

1784

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)

Cicero

1790

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)

Mr. Keuible In The Character Of King Richard, III

1790

Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764, Dutch, active in Britain (from 1723)

Mrs. Cibber in the Character of Cordelia in Play of King Lear, Act III

Print made by George Graham, active 1786–1813

Lady Christiana Collier (née Gwyn)

between 1760 and 1770

John Finlayson, 1730–1776, British

Mr. Garrick in the Character of Kitely

1769

Richard Purcell, active 1746–1766, Irish

Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy (David Garrick)

undated

unknown artist

The Globe on Bank Side where Shakespeare Acted (published b J. Serrell); page 10 (Volume Two)

1789

James Barry, 1741–1806, Irish

King Lear and Cordelia, Act V, Scene 10

1776

Print made by James Barry, 1741–1806, Irish

King Lear and Cordelia

1776

Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British

Virgilia and Volumnia Plead with Coriolanus

ca. 1795

unknown artist

Mrs. Siddons, in the Character of the Tragic Muse

undated

Francis Haward, 1759–1797, British

Mrs. Siddons in the Character of the Tragic Muse

1787

John Jones, ca. 1745–1797, British

Honorable Mrs. Tollemache in the Character of Miranda

1786

George Vertue, 1684–1756, British

Three Children of Henry VII and Elizabeth His Queen, Prince Arthur, Prince Henry and Princess Margaret

1748

George Vertue, 1684–1756, British

Edward IV King of England and France, Lord of Ireland

1732

George Vertue, 1684–1756, British

Richard III, King of England

1732

Print made by George Vertue, 1684–1756, British

King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, Queen of England

John Hamilton Mortimer Twelve etchings of Characters from Shakespeare: 5) Beatrice, from Much Ado About Nothing, Act 1, Scene 2 (sic)(Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968 - Number 79)

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779, British

Twelve etchings of Characters from Shakespeare: 5) Beatrice, from Much Ado About Nothing, Act 1, Scene 2 (sic)(Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968 - Number 79)

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779, British

Edgar, from King Lear, Act III, Scene iii

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779, British

Twelve etchings from Shakespeare: 10) York, from Henry IV, Part 2, Act V, Scene 4 (Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968 - number 79)

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779, British

Ophelia, from Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 7

1775

John Hamilton Mortimer Twelve etchings of Characters from Shakespeare: 8) Bardolph, from Henry IV, Act II, Scene 9 (Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968 - number 79)

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779, British

Twelve etchings of Characters from Shakespeare: 8) Bardolph, from Henry IV, Act II, Scene 9 (Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968 - number 79)

John Hamilton Mortimer Twelve etchings of Characters from Shakespeare: 12) Shylock, from The Merchant of Venice, Act IV, Scene 1 (Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968 - number 79)

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779, British

Twelve etchings of Characters from Shakespeare: 12) Shylock, from The Merchant of Venice, Act IV, Scene 1 (Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968 - number 79)

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779, British

Falstaff. Second part Henry IV, Act V, Scene 4th. "There's a merry heart good master Silence / I'll give you a health for that anon."

1776

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779, British

Nature and Genius introducing Garrick to the Temple of Shakespeare (Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968 - number 83)

William Wynne Ryland, 1732–1783, British

King John

George Vertue, 1684–1756, British

William Shakespeare

1719

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779, British

Lear, from King Lear, Act III, Scene ii

1776

John Hamilton Mortimer Twelve etchings of Characters from Shakespear: 3) Cassandra, from Troilus and Cressida, Act II, Scene 4 (sic)(Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968 - Number 79)

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779, British

Twelve etchings of Characters from Shakespear: 3) Cassandra, from Troilus and Cressida, Act II, Scene 4 (sic)(Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968 - Number 79)