Image Available: Available / Subject Terms: literary theme / Associated People: Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet

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. 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

3. A Theatrical Incident: "As You Like It"

Creator:: Walter Richard Sickert, 1860–1942, British, born in Germany
Date:: 1938
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 36 inches (101.6 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

4. 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

5. 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

6. Hamlet and his Mother; The Closet Scene

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886, British
Date:: 1846
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/4 × 34 inches (102.2 × 86.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: William Hamilton, 1751–1801, British
Date:: ca. 1790
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 1/2 x 17 inches (34.3 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. 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

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. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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

45. 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

46. 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

47. 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

48. 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

49. 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

50. 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

51. 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

52. "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

53. 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

54. 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

55. 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

56. 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

57. 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

58. 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

59. 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

60. 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

61. 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

62. 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

63. 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

64. 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

65. 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

66. 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

67. 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

68. 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

69. 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

70. 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

71. 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

72. 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

73. 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

74. 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

75. 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

76. 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

77. 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

78. 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

79. 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

80. 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

81. 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

82. 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

83. 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

84. 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

85. 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

86. 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

87. 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

88. 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

89. 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

90. 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

91. 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

92. 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

93. 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

94. 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

95. 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

96. 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

97. 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

98. "This is fairy gold, boy, and will prove so"

Creator:: James Heath, 1757–1834, British
Date:: 1804
Medium:: Etching, line engraving and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 13/16 x 13 1/16 inches (42.7 x 33.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

99. Design for setting of Charles Kean's Richard II at the Princess's Theatre on March 12, 1857, Act 1, Scene 2

Creator:: George Cressal Ellis, ca. 1810–1875
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on thin wove paper stained for tracing
Dimensions:: Mount: 7 3/8 × 9 5/8 inches (18.7 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

100. Design for Setting of Charles Kean's Richard II at the Princess's Theatre on March 12, 1857, Act 5, Scene 4

Creator:: George Cressal Ellis, ca. 1810–1875
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on wove paper, laid down on contemporary laid paper mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 7 7/8 inches (14.3 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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

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

3. A Theatrical Incident: "As You Like It"

4. Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia

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

6. Hamlet and his Mother; The Closet Scene

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

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

9. Louis-Francois Roubiliac Modelling His Monument to Shakespeare

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

11. Falstaff with the Body of Hotspur

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20. Procession of Characters from Shakespeare's Plays

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

38. Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia

39. Oberon and Titania

40. The Vine

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

42. Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard III

43. The Witches' Cavern

44. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

45. John Henderson as Falstaff

46. The Banquet Scene

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

48. Miranda, Prospero, and Caliban: The Tempest

49. Prospero and Miranda

50. Standing Figure, Probably for Lady Macbeth

51. Witches' Cavern: MacBeth's Second Visit

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

53. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

54. The Death of Juliet

55. Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene V

56. Alcibiades and Timon

57. The Death of Cordelia

58. Cleopatra on the Cydnus to Meet Antony

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

60. Falstaff Disguised as Herne

61. Macbeth and Banquo on the Heath

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

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

64. Enter Malvolio, Crossgartered...

65. Apotheosis of Shakespeare's Characters

66. Ferdinand Riding the Waves

67. Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda

68. Queen Katherine's Dream

69. Hecate

70. Falstaff Inspecting the Recruits

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

72. Anne Page and Slender

73. Prospero and Ariel