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1. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

5. Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia

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

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

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

7. The Cave of Despair

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

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

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

9. Louis-Francois Roubiliac Modelling His Monument to Shakespeare

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

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

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

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

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

12. Falstaff with the Body of Hotspur

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Creator:: John S. Clifton, active 1852–1869, British
Date:: 1849
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 30 x 24 inches (76.2 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. Procession of Characters from Shakespeare's Plays

Creator:: unknown artist, nineteenth century
Date:: ca. 1840
Medium:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 12 1/4 x 54 1/4 inches (31.1 x 137.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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

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

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

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834, British
Date:: 1806
Medium:: Oil on paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: 5 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (14.6 x 14 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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

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

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

Creator:: John Cawse, 1779–1862, British
Date:: ca. 1818
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/4 x 33 1/4 inches (64.1 x 84.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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

Creator:: George Cruikshank, 1792–1878, British
Date:: ca. 1857
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 48 inches (91.4 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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

Creator:: George Cruikshank, 1792–1878, British
Date:: 1864 to 1865
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 7/8 x 21 7/8 inches (70.8 x 55.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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

Creator:: Charles Hunt, 1803–1877, British
Date:: 1863
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 26 inches (45.7 x 66 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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

Creator:: Joseph Noel Paton, 1821–1901, British
Date:: ca. 1850
Medium:: Oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 10 3/8 x 12 1/4 inches (26.4 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Creator:: James Stephanoff, 1787–1874, British
Date:: 1832
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 17 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches (44.5 x 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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

Creator:: James Northcote, 1746–1831, British
Date:: between 1804 and 1806
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 x 16 inches (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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

Creator:: Gilbert Stuart Newton, 1794–1835, British
Date:: 1830
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 x 29 1/2 inches (88.9 x 74.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

39. Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia

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

40. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

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

41. Mr. Edwin and Mrs. Wells in the Characters of Lingo and Cowslip

Creator:: Print made by Hugh Downman, d. 1789
Date:: ca. 1787
Medium:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper, pasted on mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 × 13 1/4 inches (48.2 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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

45. Illustration to Beaumont and Fletcher

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 4 inches (17.5 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Tom Jones Assisting Molly Seagrim

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:: 1782
Medium:: Line engraving and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 x 15 7/16 inches (53.4 x 39.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection

47. 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

48. 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

49. Theatrical Figures About a Throne

Creator:: Richard Westall, 1765–1836, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 × 23 3/4 inches (48.3 × 60.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

50. Pirate's Isle

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Watercolor with stopping out, and scraping out on moderately thick slightly textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 30 3/4 x 42 1/2 inches (78.1 x 108 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

51. A Scene From the Farce of "The Critic," a Little Altered.

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868, Irish
Date:: 1848
Medium:: Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 18 1/16 inches (30.5 x 45.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. John Henderson as Iago

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:: 1786
Medium:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 × 8 1/16 inches (27.5 × 20.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Pamela, being now in the custody of Mrs. Jenkes, seizes an occasion (as they are walking in the garden) to propose a Correspondence with Mr. Williams in order to contrive an Escape, who agree to hide their letters between two tiles near the Sunflower

Pamela, being now in the custody of Mrs. Jenkes, seizes an occasion (as they are walking in the garden) to propose a Correspondence with Mr. Williams in order to contrive an Escape, who agree to hide their letters between two tiles near the Sunflower

Creator:: Print made by Guillaume Philippe Benoist, 1725–ca. 1770, French
Date:: 1745
Medium:: Etching with stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 18 3/4 inches (37.4 x 47.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of the Library Association

54. Costume Party

Creator:: Marie Harnett, born 1983, British
Date:: 2015
Medium:: Linocut on white Kozo paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 32 11/16 × 52 7/8 inches (83 × 134.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, John F. O'Brien Fund, with additional support from Francis O’Brien

55. 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

56. 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

57. 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

58. 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

59. Mrs. Yates in the Character of Medea

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1771
Medium:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 x 10 1/4 inches (38.1 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

60. Lady MacBeth

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 7 3/8 inches (28.6 × 18.7 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

61. Mefistofile II

Creator:: George Augustus Sala, 1828–1895, British
Date:: 1880
Medium:: Graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 11/16 × 9 1/2 inches (19.5 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

62. 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

63. Kitty Clive as Lady Easy in "The Careless Husband"

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain
Date:: 1739
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 inches (27.6 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

64. Juliet

Creator:: Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1745–ca.1809, British
Date:: 1779
Medium:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 x 14 1/8 inches (53.4 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

65. The Lover

Creator:: Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1824
Medium:: Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 × 11 1/4 inches (23.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

66. The School-Boy

Creator:: Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1824
Medium:: Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 1/4 inches (22.6 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

67. The Justice

Creator:: Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1824
Medium:: Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/16 × 11 1/4 inches (23 × 28.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

68. Hamlet

Creator:: Print made by Charles Ansell, ca.1752–active 1790, British
Date:: 1809
Medium:: Aquatint and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 x 15 3/16 inches (31.2 x 38.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

69. Here Nature List'ning Stood

Creator:: Print made by Cornelis Apostool, 1762–1844, Dutch
Date:: 1795
Medium:: Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 5 15/16 inches (22.8 × 15.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

70. Ophelia: There Is Rue for You and Here's Some for Me

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:: 1784
Medium:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 x 8 7/8 inches (28.7 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

71. The Young Roscius

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist, ( J. B. )
Date:: 1804
Medium:: Etching with hand coloring on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 × 11 1/8 inches (34.6 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

72. Opera Reminiscences: Desdemona and Othello

Creator:: Print made by William Heath, 1795–1840, British
Date:: 1829
Medium:: Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 1/8 inches (25.2 × 33.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

73. The Dreams of the Youthful Shakespeare

Creator:: Print made by Augustus Fox, 1800–1876, British
Date:: 1827
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 3 15/16 inches (15.8 × 10 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

74. Mr. W. J. Hammond and Miss Daly as Othello and Desdemona at the New Strand Theatre

Creator:: Print made by John W. Gear, 1806–1866
Date:: undated
Medium:: Lithograph with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/16 x 14 9/16 inches (26.2 x 37 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

75. "Antony and Cleopatra," Act III, Scene XI

Creator:: Georg Goldberg, 1830–1894, German
Date:: undated
Medium:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 1/16 inches (28.2 x 20.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

76. Viola nach Shakespeare von Deinhardstein - Costume Bild zur Theatrezeitung

Creator:: Andreas Geiger, 1765–1856, Austrian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Etching with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/16 x 12 1/16 inches (24 x 30.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

77. David Garrick as Richard III in the Drury Lane Theatre Performance, 1759

Creator:: Print made by William Bromley, 1769–1842, British
Date:: 1811
Medium:: Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid on contemporary mount made of moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 21 x 14 13/16 inches (53.4 x 37.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

78. "We come to visit you: and purpose now, to lead you to our court: vouchsafe it then."

Creator:: James Heath, 1757–1834, British
Date:: 1802
Medium:: Etching, line engraving and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 13 inches (42.8 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

79. Opera Reminiscences: Desdemona and Otello

Creator:: Print made by William Heath, 1795–1840, British
Date:: 1829
Medium:: Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 7/8 inches (26 × 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

80. Mr. Rossi as Othello

Creator:: Print made by Antonin Marie Chatinière, 1828–ca. 1900, French
Date:: undated
Medium:: Tinted lithograph with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 x 7 1/16 inches (25.5 x 17.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

81. 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

82. Miss Crockatt as Julia de Roubigné

Creator:: Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798, British
Date:: 1786
Medium:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 13/16 x 11 7/16 inches (37.7 x 29 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

83. Phoebe Hoppner as Caroline de Lichtfield

Creator:: Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798, British
Date:: 1786
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 x 11 9/16 inches (36.3 x 29.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

84. La Signora Zamperini in the Character of Cecchina

Creator:: Print made by John Finlayson, 1730–1776, British
Date:: 1769
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/16 x 11 5/16 inches (39.2 x 28.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

85. Margaret Woffington as Mrs. Ford in "The Merry Wives of Windsor"

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain
Date:: 1751
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 14 inches (50.2 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

86. Tom Jones

Creator:: Peter Simon, 1750–1810
Medium:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection

87. 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

88. 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

89. 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

90. Lovelace in Prison

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:: 1788
Medium:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 x 17 7/16 inches (39 x 44.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Costume Design for two Morris Dancers

Creator:: Alfred Thompson, ca. 1833–1895, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and black ink with red pencil on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 × 3 3/4 inches (13.7 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

92. Alphonso and Aciloe

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:: 1788
Medium:: Stipple engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 x 11 inches (38.5 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Imogen's Bedchamber in Cymbeline's Palace, 'Cymbeline,' Act II, Scene II

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:: 1786
Medium:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 13/16 x 16 3/4 inches (32.5 x 42.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. 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

95. Garrick as Abel Drugger in "The Alchemist"

Creator:: Print finished by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811, Irish
Date:: 1776
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 12 1/4 inches (42.9 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Miss Farren in the Character of Hermione

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785, British
Date:: 1781
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 3/8 x 16 1/4 inches (61.9 x 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Mr. Foote in the Character of Major Sturgeon in "The Mayor of Garratt"

Creator:: Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: 1765
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/8 x 20 5/8 inches (44.8 x 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. John Henderson as Iago

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:: before 1786
Medium:: Stipple engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 15/16 × 8 7/16 inches (27.8 × 21.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Gualtherus and Griselda

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:: 1784
Medium:: Stipple engraving on medium, mdoerately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 9 5/16 inches (31.1 × 23.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. The Death of Cora

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:: 1788
Medium:: Stipple engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 9/16 x 10 3/16 inches (34.4 x 25.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

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

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

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

5. Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia

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

7. The Cave of Despair

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

9. Louis-Francois Roubiliac Modelling His Monument to Shakespeare

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

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

12. Falstaff with the Body of Hotspur

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

21. Procession of Characters from Shakespeare's Plays

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

39. Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia

40. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

41. Mr. Edwin and Mrs. Wells in the Characters of Lingo and Cowslip

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

43. Apotheosis of Shakespeare's Characters

44. Ferdinand Riding the Waves

45. Illustration to Beaumont and Fletcher

46. Tom Jones Assisting Molly Seagrim

47. Henderson in the Character of Falstaff

48. Shakespearean Scene (?): A Pilgrim

49. Theatrical Figures About a Throne

50. Pirate's Isle

51. A Scene From the Farce of "The Critic," a Little Altered.

52. John Henderson as Iago

53. Pamela, being now in the custody of Mrs. Jenkes, seizes an occasion (as they are walking in the garden) to propose a Correspondence with Mr. Williams in order to contrive an Escape, who agree to hide their letters between two tiles near the Sunflower

54. Costume Party

55. Hamlet and the Ghost

56. Macbeth and the Witch

57. Macbeth and the Apparition of the Armed Head

58. Hamlet and the Ghost

59. Mrs. Yates in the Character of Medea

60. Lady MacBeth

61. Mefistofile II

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

63. Kitty Clive as Lady Easy in "The Careless Husband"

64. Juliet

65. The Lover

66. The School-Boy

67. The Justice

68. Hamlet

69. Here Nature List'ning Stood

70. Ophelia: There Is Rue for You and Here's Some for Me

71. The Young Roscius

72. Opera Reminiscences: Desdemona and Othello

73. The Dreams of the Youthful Shakespeare

74. Mr. W. J. Hammond and Miss Daly as Othello and Desdemona at the New Strand Theatre