Materials & Techniques: graphite / Associated People: Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet

1. Oberon and Titania

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black ink with gum over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 8 1/4 inches (15.2 × 20.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

2. The Vine

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1852
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, retouched with graphite on thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 13/16 x 8 1/2 inches (30 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: between 1774 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:: 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

4. Prospero and Miranda

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1787
Materials & Techniques:: 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

5. Miranda, Prospero, and Caliban: The Tempest

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: 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

6. Standing Figure, Probably for Lady Macbeth

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: 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

7. Witches' Cavern: MacBeth's Second Visit

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: 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

8. The Banquet Scene

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:: 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

9. John Henderson as Falstaff

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: 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

10. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1774
Materials & Techniques:: 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

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

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: 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

12. The Witches' Cavern

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: between 1792 and 1793
Materials & Techniques:: 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

13. Enter Malvolio, Crossgartered...

Creator:: Sir John Gilbert, 1817–1897
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: 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

14. Alcibiades and Timon

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: 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

15. Apotheosis of Shakespeare's Characters

Creator:: Sir John Gilbert, 1817–1897
Date:: 1871
Materials & Techniques:: 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

16. Prospero Summoning Ariel

Creator:: William Young Ottley, 1771–1836
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: 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

17. Ferdinand Riding the Waves

Creator:: Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: 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

18. Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda

Creator:: Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: 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

19. Hecate

Creator:: George Henry Harlow, 1787–1819
Date:: 1815
Materials & Techniques:: 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

20. Sketches for a Scene from 'Macbeth'

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: ca. 1811
Materials & Techniques:: 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

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

Creator:: Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, red chalk, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/16 × 13 1/16 inches (23 × 33.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Queen Katherine's Dream

Creator:: George Henry Harlow, 1787–1819
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: 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

23. Design for Midsummer Night's Dream

Creator:: Thomas Grieve, 1799–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: 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

24. Design for A Winter's Tale

Creator:: Thomas Grieve, 1799–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 12 3/4 inches (18.7 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Falstaff Inspecting the Recruits

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: between 1761 and 1765
Materials & Techniques:: 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

26. Shakespeare House, Aldersgate Street

Creator:: J. Jacobs, active 1816–1864
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, brown wash and white gouache on slightly textured, medium, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 13/16 × 8 3/8 inches (22.4 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: 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

28. Prospero and Ariel

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: 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

29. Falstaff Dragging the Body of Hotspur

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: 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

30. Falstaff Instructing Bardolph

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: 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

31. Lysander Awakening to See Helena

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: 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

32. Anne Page and Slender

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: 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

33. Launce Teaching His Dog Crab

Creator:: Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: 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

34. Cleopatra on the Cydnus to Meet Antony

Creator:: Alfred Edward Chalon, 1780–1860
Date:: ca. 1821
Materials & Techniques:: 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

35. Macbeth and Banquo on the Heath

Creator:: George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache and scraping over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 10 3/8 inches (19 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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

Creator:: Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: 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

37. Falstaff Disguised as Herne

Creator:: John Massey Wright, 1777–1866
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: 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

38. Memorial to David Garrick from Hampton Church

Creator:: Daniel Lysons, 1762–1834
Date:: between 1796 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 11 1/8 inches (38.1 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. A Character (? Macbeth) in Renaissance Dress...

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 15/16 × 7 15/16 inches (15.1 × 20.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Bust of Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and ink, brown wash, and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 5 13/16 inches (22.2 x 14.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Sketch of a Battle Sceene, from Shakespeare's Play, Titus Andronicus

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 10 13/16 inches (24.8 × 27.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Allegorical Sketch of Victory

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 × 9 1/8 inches (18.4 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Sketch of a Dog

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 1 15/16 × 5 15/16 inches (4.9 × 15.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Allegorical Scene

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 2 3/16 × 6 1/16 inches (5.6 × 15.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Study of the Head of a Snake

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 × 6 5/8 inches (11.9 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Study of an Interior Scene, with Roman Soldiers

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 × 9 1/2 inches (19.2 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. First Design of a Battle Scene

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 3 5/8 × 4 13/16 inches (9.2 × 12.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Figure Study of a Bacchanalia Celebration in a Wooded Landscape

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 15/16 × 9 3/8 inches (10 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Study of Knights, Paying Homage, to the King

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 × 12 1/4 inches (7.6 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Study of a Semi-Nude Woman, Sitting, with Her Arms Raised Over Her Head

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 5 1/16 inches (8.9 × 12.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Study of a Woman, being Taken Away by a Winged Being

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/2 × 4 7/16 inches (6.4 × 11.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Studies From a French MSS Bible Registry

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 15 1/16 inches (24.9 × 38.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Studies for Armour

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 8 inches (32.1 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. MSS Bible Regia

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 1/4 inches (23.2 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Studies from a French MSS Bible Register

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 1/4 inches (23.2 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Skech for Timon of Athens

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 5 1/8 × 9 7/16 inches (13 × 24 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Scene from Timon of Athens

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/16 × 10 15/16 inches (20.5 × 27.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Pan, Spying, From Behind a Tree, at Putti, Shooting Arrows

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and red ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (8.3 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth with the Daggers

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: 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

60. Stephano and Trinculo with Caliban

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with gouache and oil over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 4 1/4 inches (15.2 x 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Katherina and Grumio

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: 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

62. Hotspur and the Plotters at Bangor

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: 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

63. Sketch of Goths Entering Rome, from Shakespeare's Play, Titus Andronicus

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 13 5/8 inches (24.8 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Scene from Shakespeare's, Romeo and Juliet

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 9 9/16 inches (16.7 × 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Allegorical Scene

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Image: 2 1/16 × 9 3/4 inches (5.2 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Study of a Woman and Child

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 5 1/2 inches (18.1 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Study of a Woman, Imploring for the Return of Her Captive Child

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 9/16 × 3 9/16 inches (14.1 × 9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Study of Nude Figures in a Wooded Area

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, white gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 3/16 inches (19.1 × 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Study for a Relief with Romanesque Figures

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 1 1/4 × 8 3/8 inches (3.2 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Figure Study of a Bacchanalia Celebration in a Wooded Landscape

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/16 × 9 9/16 inches (11 × 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Figure Studies of a Group of People in a Wooded Clearing

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown inki, brown wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 × 5 1/2 inches (7.9 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Figure Study of a Bacchanalia Celebration in a Wooded Landscape

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 × 9 1/2 inches (9.2 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Study of Abraham Being Tested by God

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 11/16 × 2 9/16 inches (9.4 × 6.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Study of a Woman Sleeping in Her Chamber and a Man Standing Over Her Bed

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Image: 4 3/4 × 3 1/2 inches (12.1 × 8.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Virgilia and Volumnia Plead with Coriolanus

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 12 1/8 inches (29.8 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Scene from Don Quixote

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, graphite, and varnish, with scratching out; squared for transfer on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Image: 8 3/8 × 6 3/8 inches (21.3 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Two Women Enjoying Their Time by a Stream

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pena and red ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 4 3/16 inches (8.9 × 10.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Wooded Scene with a Couple Laying under a Tree, by a Stream

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, watercolor, pen and red ink, brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 6 1/16 inches (9.5 × 15.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Study of a Chair

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 3 3/16 inches (11.4 × 8.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Study of a Soldier Attacking a Woman

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/16 × 4 1/2 inches (13.5 × 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Scene of a Bacchanalia

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, groache and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 5 5/16 × 4 1/4 inches (13.5 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Banquet Scene, with a Roman Soldeir Kneeling to a Famale Figure Sitting on a Throne

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite and gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/16 × 4 3/16 inches (12.9 × 10.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Five Vignettes of Scenes from Antiquity

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 1/4 inches (21 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Bachanalia Scene

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 5 × 3 1/2 inches (12.7 × 8.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Study for a Piece of Furniture

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 8 1/16 inches (16.2 × 20.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Study of a Roman Banquet Scene

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/16 × 4 1/2 inches (13.2 × 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Diana, Goddess of the Hunt, with Satyrs, sleeping Cupid and a Pegasus in a Wooded Landscape

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and red ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 × 6 5/8 inches (10.6 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: John Massey Wright, 1777–1866
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: 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

89. Macbeth and the Witches

Creator:: James Northcote, 1746–1831
Date:: between 1777 and 1778
Materials & Techniques:: 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

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

Creator:: John Boyne, ca. 1750–1810
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: 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

91. Falstaff in the Boar's Head

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: 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

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

Creator:: Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: 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

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

Creator:: Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: 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

94. Falstaff at Herne's Oak

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: 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

95. The Sleepwalking Scene in Macbeth

Creator:: Henry Pierce Bone, 1779–1855
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: 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

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

Creator:: Sir John Everett Millais, 1829–1896
Date:: 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches (17.5 x 13 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

97. The Death of Cordelia

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: 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

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

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

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

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

100. Henderson in the Character of Falstaff

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: 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

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1. Oberon and Titania

2. The Vine

3. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

4. Prospero and Miranda

5. Miranda, Prospero, and Caliban: The Tempest

6. Standing Figure, Probably for Lady Macbeth

7. Witches' Cavern: MacBeth's Second Visit

8. The Banquet Scene

9. John Henderson as Falstaff

10. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

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

12. The Witches' Cavern

13. Enter Malvolio, Crossgartered...

14. Alcibiades and Timon

15. Apotheosis of Shakespeare's Characters

16. Prospero Summoning Ariel

17. Ferdinand Riding the Waves

18. Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda

19. Hecate

20. Sketches for a Scene from 'Macbeth'

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

22. Queen Katherine's Dream

23. Design for Midsummer Night's Dream

24. Design for A Winter's Tale

25. Falstaff Inspecting the Recruits

26. Shakespeare House, Aldersgate Street

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

28. Prospero and Ariel

29. Falstaff Dragging the Body of Hotspur

30. Falstaff Instructing Bardolph

31. Lysander Awakening to See Helena

32. Anne Page and Slender

33. Launce Teaching His Dog Crab

34. Cleopatra on the Cydnus to Meet Antony

35. Macbeth and Banquo on the Heath

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

37. Falstaff Disguised as Herne

38. Memorial to David Garrick from Hampton Church

39. A Character (? Macbeth) in Renaissance Dress...

40. Bust of Shakespeare

41. Sketch of a Battle Sceene, from Shakespeare's Play, Titus Andronicus

42. Allegorical Sketch of Victory

43. Sketch of a Dog

44. Allegorical Scene

45. Study of the Head of a Snake

46. Study of an Interior Scene, with Roman Soldiers

47. First Design of a Battle Scene

48. Figure Study of a Bacchanalia Celebration in a Wooded Landscape

49. Study of Knights, Paying Homage, to the King

50. Study of a Semi-Nude Woman, Sitting, with Her Arms Raised Over Her Head

51. Study of a Woman, being Taken Away by a Winged Being

52. Studies From a French MSS Bible Registry

53. Studies for Armour

54. MSS Bible Regia

55. Studies from a French MSS Bible Register

56. Skech for Timon of Athens

57. Scene from Timon of Athens

58. Pan, Spying, From Behind a Tree, at Putti, Shooting Arrows

59. The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth with the Daggers

60. Stephano and Trinculo with Caliban

61. Katherina and Grumio

62. Hotspur and the Plotters at Bangor

63. Sketch of Goths Entering Rome, from Shakespeare's Play, Titus Andronicus

64. Scene from Shakespeare's, Romeo and Juliet

65. Allegorical Scene

66. Study of a Woman and Child

67. Study of a Woman, Imploring for the Return of Her Captive Child

68. Study of Nude Figures in a Wooded Area

69. Study for a Relief with Romanesque Figures

70. Figure Study of a Bacchanalia Celebration in a Wooded Landscape

71. Figure Studies of a Group of People in a Wooded Clearing

72. Figure Study of a Bacchanalia Celebration in a Wooded Landscape

73. Study of Abraham Being Tested by God

74. Study of a Woman Sleeping in Her Chamber and a Man Standing Over Her Bed