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1. Shakespearean Scene (?): A Pilgrim

Shakespearean Scene (?): A Pilgrim
Creator:
Joseph Farington, (landscape), 1747–1821, British
Date:
1796
Medium:
Pen and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, pasted on contemporary mount made of thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 18 1/2 × 15 5/8 inches (47 × 39.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

2. David Garrick in the Character of Richard III

David Garrick in the Character of Richard III
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Cook, 1744–1818, British
Date:
1798
Medium:
Line engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 3/8 x 22 3/4in. (46.7 x 57.8cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown, Yale MA (HON.) 1971

3. Van Dyke in the Character of Icarus

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

4. Diligence and Dissipation: The Wanton in her Bed Chamber (Plate 3)

Diligence and Dissipation: The Wanton in her Bed Chamber (Plate 3)
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812, French
Date:
1797
Medium:
Stipple engraving, open letter proofs
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/2 x 20 13/16in. (47 x 52.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

5. Diligence and Dissipation: The Modest Girl and the Wanton/ Fellow Servants in a Gentleman's House (Plate 1)

Diligence and Dissipation: The Modest Girl and the Wanton/ Fellow Servants in a Gentleman's House (Plate 1)
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812, French
Date:
1797
Medium:
Stipple engraving, open letter proofs
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/2 x 20 13/16in. (47 x 52.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

6. Clara at the tomb of Eloisa

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

7. Shakespeare Sacrificed; or, The Offering to Avarice

Shakespeare Sacrificed; or, The Offering to Avarice
Creator:
Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815, British
Date:
1789
Medium:
Etching with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 3/4 x 15 1/8 inches (50.2 x 38.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Griffin and Johnson

Griffin and Johnson
Creator:
Print made by Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764, Dutch, active in Britain (from 1723)
Date:
1748
Medium:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 5/16 x 12 3/8 inches (46.5 x 31.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. Reflections on Clarissa Harlow

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

10. David Garrick as Sir John Brute in Act IV, the Drunken Scene, in Vanburgh's 'The Provok'd Wife'

David Garrick as Sir John Brute in Act IV, the Drunken Scene, in Vanburgh's 'The Provok'd Wife'
Creator:
John Finlayson, 1730–1776, British
Date:
1768
Medium:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 5/8 x 22 5/8 inches (47.3 x 57.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Portrait of John Moody as Foigard

Portrait of John Moody as Foigard
Creator:
Giuseppe Marchi, ca. 1735–1808, Italian
Date:
between 1769 and 1771
Medium:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (52.1 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection