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1. 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

2. The Vine

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

3. The Vine

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

4. The Vine

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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. The Banquet Scene

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: ca. 1792
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 8 3/16 inches (14 x 20.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

12. Exit Pursued by a Bear, or "The Abandonment of Perdita" from "The Winter's Tale"

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches (14.3 x 13.7 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

13. Miranda, Prospero, and Caliban: The Tempest

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 22 1/8 inches (39.4 x 56.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

14. Prospero and Miranda

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: ca. 1787
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 5/16 x 13 5/8 inches (51.6 x 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

15. Standing Figure, Probably for Lady Macbeth

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 3 7/8 inches (16.5 x 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery

16. Witches' Cavern: MacBeth's Second Visit

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 9 inches (14.3 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

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

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches (19.7 x 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: between 1774 and 1775
Medium:: Brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 19 5/16 inches (30.7 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

19. Octavius Augustus Cæsar

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1821
Medium:: 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

20. The Death of Juliet

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1799
Medium:: Etching on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 5 5/8 inches (24.4 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

21. Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene V

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1799
Medium:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 × 16 9/16 inches (31.2 × 42 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

22. Untitled: Two Classical Domestic Scenes

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Medium:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 × 8 1/2 inches (14.6 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Gem for 1830

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Medium:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/2 × 12 inches (44.5 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Prospero Disarming Ferdinand, Act I, Scene II

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Stipple engraving and line engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Beatrice, Hero and Ursula

Creator:: John Jones, ca. 1745–1797, British
Date:: ca. 1771
Medium:: Mezzotint, before title
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 5/8 x 17 7/8in. (55 x 45.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Studies for Shylock

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828, British
Date:: 1825
Medium:: 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

27. Alcibiades and Timon

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/16 × 10 5/16 inches (28.1 × 26.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

28. Sketches for a Scene from 'Macbeth'

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846, British
Date:: ca. 1811
Medium:: 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

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

Creator:: Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832, British
Date:: 1802
Medium:: 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

30. A Cavalry Officer (Henry IV) Leading a Charge Outside a Castle

Creator:: Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, graphite and black chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 × 15 13/16 inches (50.8 × 40.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. The Death of Cordelia

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, red crayon, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 9 3/4 inches (30.5 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

32. Cleopatra on the Cydnus to Meet Antony

Creator:: Alfred Edward Chalon, 1780–1860, British
Date:: ca. 1821
Medium:: 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

33. MacBeth: The Banquet Scene - MacBeth, Act II, Scene IV

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on thin, smooth, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 9 inches (22.9 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

34. Falstaff Disguised as Herne

Creator:: John Massey Wright, 1777–1866, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 10 3/16 inches (28.9 x 25.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

35. Macbeth and Banquo on the Heath

Creator:: George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833, British
Date:: ca. 1830
Medium:: 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

36. Shakespeare

Creator:: unknown artist
Medium:: Lithograph
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 16in. (50.2 x 40.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1855
Medium:: 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

38. Shylock turn'd MacBeth...

Creator:: unknown artist, ("Old envy")
Date:: 1773
Medium:: Hand-colored etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 7in. (24.8 x 17.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

39. Mr. Kean as Richard III

Creator:: unknown artist
Medium:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 9 1/4in. (18.7 x 23.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

40. The Duel: 'Twelfth Night,' Act III, Scene IV

Creator:: Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811, British
Date:: ca. 1790
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, red ink, black ink, brown ink, gum arabic, graphite, and white gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper, mounted on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/8 × 16 13/16 inches (56.2 × 42.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

41. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove 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

42. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: 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

43. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: 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

44. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: 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

45. Birnam Wood

Creator:: Hugh William "Grecian" Williams, 1773–1829, British
Date:: before 1801
Medium:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 19 3/4 inches (38.1 × 50.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Malvolio: Possibly a Self-Portrait in the Role

Creator:: John Boyne, ca. 1750–1810, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Black and gray wash with pen and black ink, scraping, graphite, and red pencil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 6 1/16 inches (22.7 × 15.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Enter Malvolio, Crossgartered...

Creator:: Sir John Gilbert, 1817–1897, British
Date:: 1863
Medium:: 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

48. Apotheosis of Shakespeare's Characters

Creator:: Sir John Gilbert, 1817–1897, British
Date:: 1871
Medium:: 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

49. Ferdinand Riding the Waves

Creator:: Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844, British
Date:: ca. 1830
Medium:: 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

50. Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda

Creator:: Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844, British
Date:: ca. 1840
Medium:: 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

51. Queen Katherine's Dream

Creator:: George Henry Harlow, 1787–1819, British
Date:: 1807
Medium:: 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

52. Hecate

Creator:: George Henry Harlow, 1787–1819, British
Date:: 1815
Medium:: 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

53. Falstaff Inspecting the Recruits

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776, British
Date:: between 1761 and 1765
Medium:: Black chalk, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 9 5/8 inches (18.8 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Shakespeare House, Aldersgate Street

Creator:: J. Jacobs, active 1816–1864
Date:: undated
Medium:: 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

55. Shakespeare's Cliff, Dover

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1826 and 1866
Medium:: 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

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

Creator:: Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825, Swiss, active in Britain (1766–70; 1779 on)
Date:: 1804
Medium:: 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

57. Anne Page and Slender

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1821
Medium:: 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

58. Prospero and Ariel

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1821
Medium:: 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

59. Falstaff Instructing Bardolph

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1825
Medium:: 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

60. Falstaff Dragging the Body of Hotspur

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1825
Medium:: 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

61. King Lear

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806, Irish
Date:: 1776
Medium:: Etching
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. The Sleepwalking Scene in Macbeth

Creator:: Henry Pierce Bone, 1779–1855, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, graphite and traces of white gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches (50.5 x 35.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

63. Falstaff Carrying Dead Hotspur

Creator:: Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, gouache, and gum arabic on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 3/8 x 20 1/4 inches (41.6 x 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

64. Launce Teaching His Dog Crab

Creator:: Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, red chalk, black chalk, graphite, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 5/16 x 20 3/8 inches (41.5 x 51.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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

Creator:: Sir John Everett Millais, 1829–1896, British
Date:: 1849
Medium:: 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

66. Prospero Summoning Ariel

Creator:: William Young Ottley, 1771–1836, British
Date:: ca. 1800
Medium:: Watercolor, graphite, gouache, white chalk, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/16 x 8 1/8 inches (31.6 x 20.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Ophelia

Creator:: Print made by Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, 1890–1978, British
Date:: 1942
Medium:: Etching, stipple engraving, and drypoint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 10 13/16 inches (43.2 x 27.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of the Associates in Fine Arts

68. Design for Midsummer Night's Dream

Creator:: Thomas Grieve, 1799–1882, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: 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

69. Design for A Winter's Tale

Creator:: Thomas Grieve, 1799–1882, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: 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

70. 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

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

Creator:: John Flaxman, 1755–1826, British
Date:: ca. 1795
Medium:: Album of pen and ink sketches on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 7 3/8in. (26.7 x 18.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1821
Medium:: 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

72. Lysander Awakening to See Helena

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1825
Medium:: 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

73. Falstaff in the Boar's Head

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1807
Medium:: 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

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

Creator:: Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832, British
Date:: 1786
Medium:: Graphite with black ink and brown wash, verso: pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, light blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 5 5/8 inches (16.8 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Falstaff at Herne's Oak

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1807
Medium:: 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

76. Literary Characters Assembled Around the Medallion of Shakespeare

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779, British
Date:: 1776
Medium:: Pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches (21 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Portrait of Moses Kean

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 6 3/4 inches (22.9 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. The Murder of Banquo

Creator:: George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833, British
Date:: ca. 1830
Medium:: 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

79. The South Foreland and Shakespeare's Cliff (one of five drawings on one mount)

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 × 10 3/8 inches (7.6 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Lear in the Storm

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Medium:: 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

81. Study for Burying the Royal Children

Creator:: James Northcote, 1746–1831, British
Date:: ca. 1790
Medium:: Oil on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 11 1/4 inches (43.2 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

82. Macbeth and the Witches

Creator:: James Northcote, 1746–1831, British
Date:: between 1777 and 1778
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches (32.4 x 41.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

83. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: 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

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

Creator:: Print made by John Horsburgh, 1791–1869, British
Date:: 1834
Medium:: Etching and engraving, first published state
Dimensions:: Image: 4 1/8 x 2 7/8in. (10.5 x 7.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Shakspeare

Creator:: after Abraham Wivell, 1786–1899, British
Date:: 1827
Medium:: Etching, stipple engraving and line engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 5 3/8 x 4 1/2in. (13.7 x 11.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

86. Florizel and Perdita

Creator:: Print made by Lumb Stocks, 1812–1892, British
Date:: 1867
Medium:: Etching on thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 13 1/8 inches (27.3 x 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Edward Porter Street, Jr. Yale BE 1945W, and John Charles Street, Yale BA 1951, MA 1952, PhD 1955 in memory of our fathers Edward Porter Street, Yale 1920, and Charles Larrabee Street, Yale 1914

87. Henderson in the Character of Falstaff

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite and pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 10 7/16 inches (30.6 x 26.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. The Reconciliation of the Montagues and the Capulets

Creator:: Frederic Leighton, 1830–1896, British
Date:: 1854
Medium:: Watercolor with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 9/16 x 20 3/4 inches (39.6 x 52.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

89. Shakespeare and His Friends at the Mermaid Tavern

Creator:: Print made by James Faed Sr., 1821–1911, British
Date:: 1850
Medium:: Engraving on thick beige slightly textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 29 x 34 inches (73.7 x 86.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Doret, Yale BA 1968, and Linda Mitchell

90. The Death of Juliet

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: unknown
Medium:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches (24.4 x 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

91. Infant Shakespeare, wih Comedy and Tragedy

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite; verso: 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

92. Troilus and Cressida?

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 1/4 inches (23.8 × 18.4 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

93. Jane Shore

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:: 1790
Medium:: Stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 5 1/2 inches (18.1 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. David Garrick, Esq.

Creator:: Robert Laurie, 1755?–1836, British
Date:: 1779
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 13/16 × 10 7/16 inches (37.6 × 26.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. Lawrence, The Sleeping and the Dead are but as Pictures; Shakespeare

Creator:: Richard James Lane, 1800–1872, British
Date:: 1830
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Mrs. W. West as Cordelia

Creator:: Print made by Thomas A. Woolnoth, 1785–1857, British
Date:: 1820
Medium:: Stipple engraving on medium cream slithtly textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Overall: 6 3/8 × 3 3/4 inches (16.2 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The William K. Rose and Eugene A. Carroll Collection

97. William Shakespeare

Creator:: Jacobus Houbraken, 1698–1780, Dutch
Date:: 1747
Medium:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 9 5/8in. (38.1 x 24.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, In Memory of John V. McCarthy

98. Three Children of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, His Queen

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756, British
Date:: 1748
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 × 34 1/2 inches (58.4 × 87.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, In Memory of Jeanne and Paul Rapoport

99. Mrs. Siddons

Creator:: William Holl, 1807–1871, British
Medium:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 x 11 1/2in. (39.1 x 29.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Herman W. Liebert

100. David Garrick, Esq.

Creator:: Robert Laurie, 1755?–1836, British
Date:: 1779
Medium:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 x 16in. (50.8 x 40.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Herman W. Liebert

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1. Oberon and Titania

2. The Vine

3. The Vine

4. The Vine

5. The Vine

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

7. Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard III

8. The Witches' Cavern

9. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

10. John Henderson as Falstaff

11. The Banquet Scene

12. Exit Pursued by a Bear, or "The Abandonment of Perdita" from "The Winter's Tale"

13. Miranda, Prospero, and Caliban: The Tempest

14. Prospero and Miranda

15. Standing Figure, Probably for Lady Macbeth

16. Witches' Cavern: MacBeth's Second Visit

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

18. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

19. Octavius Augustus Cæsar

20. The Death of Juliet

21. Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene V

22. Untitled: Two Classical Domestic Scenes

23. The Gem for 1830

24. Prospero Disarming Ferdinand, Act I, Scene II

25. Beatrice, Hero and Ursula

26. Studies for Shylock

27. Alcibiades and Timon

28. Sketches for a Scene from 'Macbeth'

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

30. A Cavalry Officer (Henry IV) Leading a Charge Outside a Castle

31. The Death of Cordelia

32. Cleopatra on the Cydnus to Meet Antony

33. MacBeth: The Banquet Scene - MacBeth, Act II, Scene IV

34. Falstaff Disguised as Herne

35. Macbeth and Banquo on the Heath

36. Shakespeare

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

38. Shylock turn'd MacBeth...

39. Mr. Kean as Richard III

40. The Duel: 'Twelfth Night,' Act III, Scene IV

41. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

42. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

43. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

44. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

45. Birnam Wood

46. Malvolio: Possibly a Self-Portrait in the Role

47. Enter Malvolio, Crossgartered...

48. Apotheosis of Shakespeare's Characters

49. Ferdinand Riding the Waves

50. Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda

51. Queen Katherine's Dream

52. Hecate

53. Falstaff Inspecting the Recruits

54. Shakespeare House, Aldersgate Street

55. Shakespeare's Cliff, Dover

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

57. Anne Page and Slender

58. Prospero and Ariel

59. Falstaff Instructing Bardolph

60. Falstaff Dragging the Body of Hotspur

61. King Lear

62. The Sleepwalking Scene in Macbeth

63. Falstaff Carrying Dead Hotspur

64. Launce Teaching His Dog Crab

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

66. Prospero Summoning Ariel

67. Ophelia

68. Design for Midsummer Night's Dream

69. Design for A Winter's Tale

70. 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

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

72. Lysander Awakening to See Helena

73. Falstaff in the Boar's Head

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