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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
30
Romney, George, 1734–1802
23
Chodowieki, Daniel Nlkolaus, German, 1726–1801
14
Hoare, Mary, 1744–1820
14
Unknown artist
7
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
6
G, & J Robinson, active 1788–1811
6
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786–1846
6
Heath, James, 1757–1834
6
Longman,, active 1804–1914
5
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
4
Stothard, Thomas, 1755–1834
4
Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764–1829
3
Dadd, Richard, 1817–1886
3
Fuseli, Henry, 1741–1825
3
Bonington, Richard Parkes, 1801–1828
2
Boyne, John, ca. 1750–1810
2
Cosway, Richard, 1742–1821
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Dawe, Philip, ca.1750–ca.1790
2
Hamilton, William, 1751–1801
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Free to Use
163
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162
Unavailable
3
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
111
Prints
52
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
2
Creator Gender
male
148
female
16
unknown
7
Collective Title
Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
23
The Tragedy of Macbeth
21
King Lear
8
The Tempest
8
Twelfth Night; or, What You Will
8
Henry IV, Part I
7
Romeo and Juliet
6
The Merry Wives of Windsor
6
A Midsummer Night's Dream
5
Studies of, 167 Drawings, and 1 Print, for Oil Paintings, by Benjamin R. Haydon
5
The Winter's Tale
5
The Life of Sir John Falstaff
4
The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice
4
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
4
Sketches for the Passions
3
The Life of Timon of Athens
3
The Merchant of Venice
3
Measure for Measure
2
The Life and Death of King John
2
The Taming of the Shrew
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19th century
81
18th century
40
18th century-19th century
40
17th century
1
19th century-20th century
1
unknown period
1
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
103
graphite
78
laid paper
56
brown ink
55
watercolor
46
gouache
45
etching (printing process)
38
pen
38
brown wash
32
black ink
27
oil paint
23
scraping
18
mezzotint
12
stipple engraving
11
gray wash
9
black chalk
8
line engraving
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varnish
7
gum
6
gray ink
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drawing
109
watercolor
51
intaglio print
49
planographic print
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165
figure study
60
portrait
11
landscape
6
architectural subject
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marine art
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animal art
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military art
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Subject Terms
plays by William Shakespeare
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literary theme
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men
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gesturing
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figure study
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woman
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man
34
women
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cape
27
dress
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hats
27
swords
25
play
24
boots
22
costume
22
illustration
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Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare
21
drapery
19
gesture
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trees
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Europe
11
United Kingdom
9
England
4
Scotland
4
Greater London
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City of London
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Denmark
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Illyria
2
Italy
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Cymru
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Cyprus
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Czech Republic
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Elsinore
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Forres
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Frederiksborg
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Genoa
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Great Britain
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
147
Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth)
12
Sir John Falstaff
12
The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth)
10
Juliet (character in Romeo and Juliet)
9
King Lear (character in King Lear)
7
Lady Macbeth (character in Macbeth)
6
Malvolio (character in Twelfth Night)
6
Miranda (character in The Tempest)
6
Othello (character in Othello, the Moor of Venice)
6
Prospero (character in The Tempest)
6
Cordelia (character in King Lear)
5
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
5
Imogen (character in Cymbeline)
5
Desdemona (character in Othello)
4
Ferdinand (character in The Tempest)
4
King Duncan (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth)
4
Maria (character in Twelfth Night)
4
Ariel (character in The Tempest)
3
Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright
3
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Exhibition History
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
91
Shakespeare in Western Art (Isetan Museum of Art, 1992-10-29 - 1992-11-24)
4
Shakespeare in Western Art (Kintetsu Museum of Art, 1993-01-09 - 1993-02-02)
4
Shakespeare in Western Art (Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, 1992-11-28 - 1992-12-23)
4
Shakespeare in Western Art (Takamatsu City Museum of Art, 1993-01-09 - 1993-02-08)
4
The Fuseli Circle in Rome - Early Romantic Art in the 1770s (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-09-12 - 1979-11-11)
3
Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
2
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
2
Richard Parkes Bonington (Musée du Petit Palais, 1992-03-05 - 1992-05-17)
2
Richard Parkes Bonington (Yale Center for British Art, 1991-11-13 - 1992-01-19)
2
The Romantic Art of Theodor von Holst (Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, 1994-06-11 - 1994-07-23)
2
The Romantic Art of Theodor von Holst (Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, Ltd., 1994-05-05 - 1994-06-01)
2
Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22)
2
British Architectural Drawings (Yale Center for British Art) (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-04-21 - 1982-05-30)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
71
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
69
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
21
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942
2
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
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Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Oberon and Titania
1837
2
George Romney, 1734–1802
Witches' Cavern: MacBeth's Second Visit
undated
3
George Romney, 1734–1802
The Banquet Scene
ca. 1792
4
George Romney, 1734–1802
MacBeth at the Witches' Cave: Second Visit, or Canidia and the Youth, or The Opening of the Ark
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5
George Romney, 1734–1802
Prospero and Miranda
ca. 1787
6
George Romney, 1734–1802
Lear Awakened by Cordelia
between 1774 and 1775
7
George Romney, 1734–1802
Exit Pursued by a Bear, or "The Abandonment of Perdita" from "The Winter's Tale"
undated
8
George Romney, 1734–1802
Titania's Attendants Chasing Bats
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George Romney, 1734–1802
The Witches' Cavern
between 1792 and 1793
10
George Romney, 1734–1802
MacBeth: Banquet Scene
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11
George Romney, 1734–1802
MacBeth: Banquet Scene
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12
George Romney, 1734–1802
MacBeth: Banquet Scene
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13
George Romney, 1734–1802
MacBeth: Banquet Scene
undated
14
George Romney, 1734–1802
MacBeth: Banquet Scene
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15
George Romney, 1734–1802
MacBeth at the Witches' Cave: Second Visit
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16
George Romney, 1734–1802
The Abandonment and Rescue of Perdita from "The Winter's Tale"
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17
George Romney, 1734–1802
Unidentified Subjects
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18
George Romney, 1734–1802
The Abandonment and Rescue of Perdita from "The Winter's Tale"
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19
George Romney, 1734–1802
The Abandonment and Rescue of Perdita from "The Winter's Tale"
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20
George Romney, 1734–1802
The Abandonment and Rescue of Perdita from "The Winter's Tale"
undated
21
George Romney, 1734–1802
Tempest, Version A
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22
George Romney, 1734–1802
Abandonment and Rescue of Perdita from "The Winter's Tale" (Tampered with but Not Fake)
undated
23
George Romney, 1734–1802
Lear Awakened by Cordelia
ca. 1774
24
Thomas Grieve, 1799–1882
Design for Midsummer Night's Dream
undated
25
Sir John Gilbert, 1817–1897
Enter Malvolio, Crossgartered..
1863
26
unknown artist
Alcibiades and Timon
undated
27
Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda
ca. 1840
28
Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Ferdinand Riding the Waves
ca. 1830
29
George Henry Harlow, 1787–1819
Hecate
1815
30
Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Sketches for a Scene from 'Macbeth'
ca. 1811
31
George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833
The Murder of Banquo
ca. 1830
32
Henry Pierce Bone, 1779–1855
The Sleepwalking Scene in Macbeth
undated
33
Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Falstaff Carrying Dead Hotspur
undated
34
Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Head of a Man with a Beard and Long Hair in the Wind
1786
35
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff Instructing Bardolph
1825
36
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff Dragging the Body of Hotspur
1825
37
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Prospero and Ariel
1821
38
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Anne Page and Slender
1821
39
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Lysander Awakening to See Helena
1825
40
James Northcote, 1746–1831
Macbeth and the Witches
between 1777 and 1778
41
William Young Ottley, 1771–1836
Prospero Summoning Ariel
ca. 1800
42
unknown artist
The Death of Cordelia
undated
43
unknown artist
Lear in the Storm
undated
44
Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Launce Teaching His Dog Crab
undated
45
Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
The Duel: 'Twelfth Night,' Act III, Scene IV
ca. 1790
46
Alfred Edward Chalon, 1780–1860
Cleopatra on the Cydnus to Meet Antony
ca. 1821
47
George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833
Macbeth and Banquo on the Heath
ca. 1830
48
John Massey Wright, 1777–1866
Falstaff Disguised as Herne
undated
49
Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth with the Daggers
between 1809 and 1811
50
Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
The Murder of Duncan - Study of Sleeping Grooms
between 1809 and 1811
51
Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth with the Body (and Lady Macbeth Approaching)
between 1809 and 1811
52
Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Gloucestershire. Before Shallow's house: 'Henry IV Part II,' Act III, Scene II
after 1857
53
Print made by John W. Gear, 1806–1866
Mr. W. J. Hammond and Miss Daly as Othello and Desdemona at the New Strand Theatre
undated
54
James Heath, 1757–1834
"Mark your divorce young sir, whom son I dare not call"
1804
55
James Heath, 1757–1834
"We come to visit you: and purpose now, to lead you to our court: vouchsafe it then."
1802
56
Print made by William Heath, 1795–1840
Opera Reminiscences: Desdemona and Othello
1829
57
Print made by William Heath, 1795–1840
Opera Reminiscences: Desdemona and Otello
1829
58
Peltro W. Tomkins, 1760–1840
The Three Witches
1786
59
Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
'Henry IV, Part I,' Act II, Scene II
undated
60
Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
'Henry IV, Part I,' Act II, Scene III
undated
61
Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
'Henry IV, Part I,' Act II, Scene II
undated
62
Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
'Henry IV, Part I,' Act II, Scene IV
undated
63
Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
'Henry IV, Part I,' Act IV, Scene II
undated
64
William Greatbach, Born 1802
Falstaff and his Friends
ca. 1868
65
Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth with the Body (and Lady Macbeth Approaching)
between 1809 and 1811
66
Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth Stabbing Duncan
between 1809 and 1811
67
Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
London. The Boar's-head Tavern in Eastcheap: 'Henry IV Part II,' Act II, Scene IV
after 1857
68
James Heath, 1757–1834
"Hubert, let me not be bound!"
1802
69
Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
'Henry IV, Part I,' Act II, Scene IV
undated
70
Print made by James H. Baker, born 1829
Come Gentle Night: "Romeo and Juliet," Act III, Scene II
between 1839 and 1849
71
Print made by Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Pistol eating Fluellen's Leak - "Henry V"
between 1811 and 1815
72
Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
...in ein Nonnen Kloster geh: 'Hamlet,' Act III, Scene IX
1778
73
Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
London. A Street: 'Henry IV Part II,' Act II, Scene I
after 1857
74
Print made by Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Hamlet in Scotland
1794
75
Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Another Part of the Field: 'Henry IV Part I,' Act V, Scene IV
after 1857
76
James Heath, 1757–1834
"Then go, bid the huntsmen wake them with their horns"
1802
77
James Heath, 1757–1834
"Here, I and sorrows sit; here is my throne, bid kings come and bow to it"
1802
78
Print made by Antonin Marie Chatinière, 1828–ca. 1900
Mr. Rossi as Othello
undated
79
William Nutter, 1754–1802
Mr. Macklin and Mrs. Pope in the Characters of Shylock and Portia
1789
80
Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
'Henry IV, Part I,' Act V, Scene I
undated
81
Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
'Henry IV, Part I,' Act V, Scene IV
undated
82
Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
'Henry IV, Part I,' Act II, Scene IV
undated
83
Print made by Charles Ansell, ca.1752–active 1790
Hamlet
1809
84
Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
Seht Ihr denn nichts hier: 'Hamlet,' Act IV, Scene II
1778
85
Andreas Geiger, 1765–1856
Viola nach Shakespeare von Deinhardstein - Costume Bild zur Theatrezeitung
undated
86
Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
'Henry IV, Part I,' Act II, Scene IV
undated
87
Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
'Henry IV, Part I,' Act III, Scene III
undated
88
Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
'Henry IV, Part I,' Act III, Scene III
undated
89
Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Study for 'Finding of the Body of Bassanio'
1804
90
Print made by William Ward, 1766–1826
Mrs. Pope as Juliet
ca. 1804
91
Print made by James Ward, 1769–1859
Mrs. Michael Angelo Taylor as 'Miranda'
ca. 1798
92
Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Mrs. Gwynne and Mrs. Bunbury in the Characters of the Merry Wives of Windsor
1780
93
John Massey Wright, 1777–1866
The Rustics Perform from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
undated
94
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Viola and Olivia
1822
95
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Isabella and Mariana Kneeling Before the Duke
1822
96
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Lady Mortimer's Welsh Song
1825
97
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Master William Page and Sir Hugh Evans
1821
98
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Launce with his Dog Crab
ca. 1821
99
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
The Death of Ophelia
ca. 1810
100
Print made by James Fittler, 1758–1835
The Winter's Tale, Act IV, Scene III
1792
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