Exhibition History: Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05) / Subject Terms: plays by William Shakespeare

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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

39. Fluellen Forcing Pistol to Eat His Leek

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 × 10 1/8 inches (35.6 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

40. Alcibiades and Timon

Creator:: Richard Westall, 1765–1836, British
Date:: ca. 1805
Medium:: Watercolor with gouache and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove 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

41. Lady Percy Watching the Sleeping Hotspur

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British
Date:: 1781
Medium:: Watercolor with black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 24 x 19 1/8 inches (61 x 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Prospero and Miranda

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British
Date:: 1781
Medium:: Watercolor with gouache, black ink, and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 25 11/16 x 18 3/4 inches (65.2 x 47.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British
Date:: 1782
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on thick, slightly textured cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 23 1/16 x 18 5/16 inches (58.5 x 46.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Antigonus Disposing of Perdita

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British
Date:: ca. 1781
Medium:: Watercolor with brown and black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, textured, beige card with additional inscribed sheet mounted lower center
Dimensions:: Mount: 23 1/16 x 18 5/8 inches (58.5 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British
Date:: 1780
Medium:: Watercolor with brown ink and scraping over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 5/8 x 16 9/16 inches (37.1 x 42 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Ophelia's Death

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British
Date:: ca. 1781
Medium:: Watercolor with gouache, black ink, and scraping over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper with reminants of contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 22 9/16 x 17 13/16 inches (57.3 x 45.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Lady Macbeth, Sleepwalking

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British
Date:: 1781
Medium:: Watercolor with black ink, scraping, and gouache over graphite on thick, slightly textured cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 21 1/16 x 14 1/2 inches (53.5 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British
Date:: 1781
Medium:: Watercolor with black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 20 3/4 x 24 3/16 inches (52.7 x 61.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British
Date:: ca. 1781
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite, with scraping on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 11 11/16 × 11 5/16 inches (29.7 × 28.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. The Apparition of the Armed Head: Macbeth

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British
Date:: ca. 1781
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite, with scraping on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 × 13 inches (40.6 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Lear and Cordelia

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British
Date:: ca. 1781
Medium:: Watercolor with black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, textured, beige card with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 22 11/16 x 17 13/16 inches (57.7 x 45.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British
Date:: 1781
Medium:: Watercolor with brown ink and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 27 5/16 x 21 7/16 inches (69.3 x 54.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Lear and Cordelia

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British
Date:: ca. 1781
Medium:: Watercolor with black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 22 15/16 x 17 1/4 inches (58.3 x 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Ferdinand and Ariel

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British
Date:: ca. 1781
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite, with scraping on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 13/16 x 11 1/4 inches (35.1 x 28.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Timon of Athens Before His Cave

Creator:: Richard Cosway, 1742–1821, British
Date:: ca. 1805
Medium:: Graphite and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 7/16 inches (24.5 × 18.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

56. Othello and Desdemona, 'Othello', Act V, Scene II

Creator:: attributed to Richard Cosway, 1742–1821, British
Date:: ca. 1805
Medium:: Graphite and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 3/4 inches (24.4 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

57. Hamlet and the Ghost

Creator:: George Cruikshank, 1792–1878, British
Date:: ca. 1825
Medium:: Watercolor with black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 8 5/16 inches (17.4 x 21.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

58. Macbeth and the Witch

Creator:: George Cruikshank, 1792–1878, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 3/4 inches (19.1 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

59. Macbeth and the Apparition of the Armed Head

Creator:: William Marshall Craig, 1763 or 1764–1829, British
Date:: ca. 1820
Medium:: Brown ink with gray wash and watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/16 × 8 15/16 inches (28.1 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

60. Sketch for the Passions: Jealousy

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886, British
Date:: 1853
Medium:: Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, light blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 10 1/8 inches (35.5 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

61. Sketch for the Passions: Love

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886, British
Date:: 1853
Medium:: Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, light blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 x 10 1/8 inches (35.9 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

62. The Princes in the Tower

Creator:: William Marshall Craig, 1763 or 1764–1829, British
Date:: ca. 1820
Medium:: Brown ink with gray wash and watercolor on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 x 8 11/16 inches (27.5 x 22.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

63. Hamlet and the Ghost

Creator:: William Marshall Craig, 1763 or 1764–1829, British
Date:: ca. 1820
Medium:: Brown ink with watercolor and gray wash on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 x 8 3/16 inches (27.2 x 20.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

64. Olivia and Maria

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1822
Medium:: Brown ink with brown wash, gouache and oil on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 x 3 3/8 inches (10.7 x 8.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. The Rustics Perform from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Creator:: John Massey Wright, 1777–1866, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor with brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 11/16 x 9 9/16 inches (14.4 x 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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

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

67. Mr. Macklin and Mrs. Pope in the Characters of Shylock and Portia

Creator:: William Nutter, 1754–1802, British
Date:: 1789
Medium:: Stipple engraving, etching, and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/16 x 16 1/4 inches (56.1 x 41.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

68. The Three Witches

Creator:: Peltro W. Tomkins, 1760–1840, British
Date:: 1786
Medium:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 10 3/16 inches (24.2 × 25.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

69. Malvolio Dancing

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

70. The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth Stabbing Duncan

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846, British
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Medium:: Pen and brown ink on moderately thick, textured, brown laid paper pasted on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 11/16 × 9 9/16 inches (14.4 × 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Malvolio abusing Maria, Fabian and Sir Toby

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1822
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil, partly varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 4 5/16 inches (15.5 x 11 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Isabella and Mariana Kneeling Before the Duke

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1822
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 4 inches (13 x 10.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Falstaff with Mistress Quickly and Bardolph

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1825
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 4 3/8 inches (15.3 x 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Ford in a Rage After Seeing Falstaff

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1821
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 15/16 x 4 1/2 inches (15.1 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Lady Mortimer's Welsh Song

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1825
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 15/16 x 4 5/16 inches (17.7 x 11 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Master William Page and Sir Hugh Evans

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1821
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/16 x 4 1/2 inches (18.5 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Falstaff at Herne's Oak

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1821
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/16 x 4 1/2 inches (18.6 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Hotspur and the Plotters at Bangor

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1825
Medium:: Graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 5 inches (16.8 x 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Oberon and Puck

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1825
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 6 7/16 inches (19.1 x 16.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. The Death of Ophelia

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: ca. 1810
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 x 5 7/8 inches (12.2 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. The Murder of Duncan - Lady Macbeth, Approaching Macbeth and the Body

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846, British
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Medium:: Black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 1 13/16 inches (11.1 × 4.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. The Murder of Duncan - Study of Sleeping Grooms

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846, British
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Medium:: Pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 13/16 × 7 7/16 inches (9.7 × 18.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth with the Body (and Lady Macbeth Approaching)

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846, British
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Medium:: Black chalk, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 5 1/16 inches (11.1 × 12.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth with the Daggers

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846, British
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Medium:: Graphite, black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 11/16 × 8 5/8 inches (14.4 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth with the Body (and Lady Macbeth Approaching)

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846, British
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Medium:: Black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 x 5 1/16in. (11.1 x 12.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. The Murder of Duncan - Lady Macbeth, Approaching Macbeth and the Body

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846, British
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Medium:: Black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/16 x 2 11/16 inches (11.2 x 6.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. The Murder of Duncan - The Sleeping Groom

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846, British
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Medium:: Black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 x 6 7/8in. (11.1 x 17.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Claudio and Isabella

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1823
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 4 inches (13 x 10.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Ferdinand Reunited with his Father

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1821
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 15/16 x 4 5/16 inches (15.1 x 11 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. Prospero Conjuring a Masque for Ferdinand and Miranda

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: ca. 1810
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 15/16 x 6 9/16 inches (12.6 x 16.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Viola and Olivia

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1822
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 x 4 3/8 inches (16.7 x 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. Christopher Sly and the Page, as His Wife

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1821
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 x 4 7/16 inches (16.3 x 11.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Feste, as Sir Topas, addressing Malvolio

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1822
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil, partly varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 x 4 5/16 inches (16.7 x 11 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Capulet Railing at his Daughter, Juliet

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1825
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/16 x 4 1/2 inches (16.1 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. Juliet About to Take her Sleeping Draught

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1825
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (16.5 x 11.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Katherina and Grumio

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1821
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, oil, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream beige paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 4 3/8in. (16.2 x 11.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Launce with his Dog Crab

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: ca. 1821
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 6 1/2in. (20.6 x 16.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Mr. Garrick and Miss Bellamy in the Characters of Romeo and Juliet

Creator:: Simon François Ravenet, 1706–1774, French, active in Britain
Date:: 1753
Medium:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 × 21 5/8 inches (42.9 × 55 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

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

3. Oberon and Titania

4. The Witches' Cavern

5. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

6. The Banquet Scene

7. Prospero and Miranda

8. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

9. Studies for Shylock

10. Alcibiades and Timon

11. Sketches for a Scene from 'Macbeth'

12. The Death of Cordelia

13. Cleopatra on the Cydnus to Meet Antony

14. Falstaff Disguised as Herne

15. Macbeth and Banquo on the Heath

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

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

18. Enter Malvolio, Crossgartered...

19. Ferdinand Riding the Waves

20. Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda

21. Queen Katherine's Dream

22. Hecate

23. Falstaff Inspecting the Recruits

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

25. Anne Page and Slender

26. Prospero and Ariel

27. Falstaff Instructing Bardolph

28. Falstaff Dragging the Body of Hotspur

29. The Sleepwalking Scene in Macbeth

30. Falstaff Carrying Dead Hotspur

31. Launce Teaching His Dog Crab

32. Prospero Summoning Ariel

33. Lysander Awakening to See Helena

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

35. The Murder of Banquo

36. Lear in the Storm

37. Macbeth and the Witches

38. The Reconciliation of the Montagues and the Capulets

39. Fluellen Forcing Pistol to Eat His Leek

40. Alcibiades and Timon

41. Lady Percy Watching the Sleeping Hotspur

42. Prospero and Miranda

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

44. Antigonus Disposing of Perdita

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

46. Ophelia's Death

47. Lady Macbeth, Sleepwalking

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

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

50. The Apparition of the Armed Head: Macbeth

51. Lear and Cordelia

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

53. Lear and Cordelia

54. Ferdinand and Ariel

55. Timon of Athens Before His Cave

56. Othello and Desdemona, 'Othello', Act V, Scene II

57. Hamlet and the Ghost

58. Macbeth and the Witch

59. Macbeth and the Apparition of the Armed Head

60. Sketch for the Passions: Jealousy

61. Sketch for the Passions: Love

62. The Princes in the Tower

63. Hamlet and the Ghost

64. Olivia and Maria

65. The Rustics Perform from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

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

67. Mr. Macklin and Mrs. Pope in the Characters of Shylock and Portia

68. The Three Witches

69. Malvolio Dancing

70. The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth Stabbing Duncan

71. Malvolio abusing Maria, Fabian and Sir Toby

72. Isabella and Mariana Kneeling Before the Duke

73. Falstaff with Mistress Quickly and Bardolph

74. Ford in a Rage After Seeing Falstaff