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Procession of Characters from Shakespeare's Plays
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:
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
On View:
Not on view
Falstaff with the Body of Hotspur
Creator:
Attributed to Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:
ca. 1786
Materials & Techniques:
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
On View:
Not on view
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
Thel's Motto (Plate 1)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and green ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Title Page, The Book of Thel (Plate 2)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
II. "O little Cloud the virgin said, I charge thee tell to me..." (Plate 5)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
III. "Then Thel astonish'd view'd the Worm upon its dewy bed..." (Plate 6)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
IV. "The eternal gates terrific porter lifted the northern bar..." (Plate 8)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Thel I. "The daughters of Mne Seraphim led round their sunny flocks..." (Plate 3)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
III, "But he that loves the lowly, pours his oil upon my head..." (Plate 7)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene V
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving 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
I, "Why should the mistress of the vales of Har, utter a sigh..." (Plate 4)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Rinaldo and Armida
Creator:
Print made by Wallerant Vaillant, 1623–1677
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/16 × 15 1/4 inches (31.3 × 38.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Elizabeth Ann Sheridan (née Linley) as St. Cecilia
Creator:
Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Date:
1779
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 9/16 × 12 15/16 inches (42.1 × 32.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Reflections on Clarissa Harlow
Creator:
Gabriel Scorodomoff, 1748–1792
Date:
1785
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 5/8 × 14 5/8 inches (47.3 × 37.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mrs. Montagu
Creator:
Thomas Cheesman, 1760–1834/35
Date:
1809
Materials & Techniques:
Soft ground etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/8 × 8 5/8 inches (31.4 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
Junction of the Greta and the Tees
Creator:
Print made by John Pye, 1782–1874
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 × 17 1/2 inches (30.5 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Lady Jane Grey
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gouache, oil, and pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 × 9 inches (30.5 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Shipbuilding (An Old Oak Dead)
Creator:
Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, open etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 × 8 5/8 inches (30.5 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Bemerside

Bemerside
Creator:
Print made by John Horsburgh, 1791–1869
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof (a) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 × 8 5/8 inches (30.5 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Hermitage Castle
Creator:
Print made by Robert Wallis, 1794–1878
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/4 × 10 inches (31.1 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Loch Katrine
Creator:
Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 × 17 1/4 inches (30.5 × 43.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Dead Eagle, Oran
Creator:
Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882
Date:
1837
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving, with graphite and scraping out; touched engraver's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/16 × 7 3/4 inches (31.3 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Miss Elizabeth Beauclerc as 'Una'
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Date:
1782
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving, printed in brown ink on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 22 1/8 × 16 3/8 inches (56.2 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

26. Hamlet

Hamlet
Creator:
Print made by Charles Ansell, ca.1752–active 1790
Date:
1809
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/16 x 15 3/16 inches (31.2 x 38.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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
Aesacus and Hesperie
Creator:
Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:
1896
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/4 × 17 1/8 inches (31.1 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Pan and Syrinx
Creator:
Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:
1896
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/8 × 17 inches (30.8 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mrs. Jordan in the Character of the Romp
Creator:
Print made by John Ogborne the Elder, 1755–1795
Date:
1788
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving (first state) on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 7/8 × 11 5/16 inches (37.8 × 28.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Mrs. Gwynne and Mrs. Bunbury in the Characters of the Merry Wives of Windsor
Creator:
Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:
1780
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/16 × 11 5/16 inches (31.2 × 28.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Reverend Hugh Blair, D.D.
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1801
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/4 × 11 15/16 inches (38.7 × 30.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Gualtherus and Griselda
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on medium, mdoerately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/4 × 9 5/16 inches (31.1 × 23.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Traitor's Gate, Tower of London
Creator:
Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving, with graphite; touched engraver's proof (b)
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/8 × 17 3/8 inches (30.8 × 44.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Scene From the Farce of "The Critic," a Little Altered.
Creator:
Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:
1848
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 18 1/16 inches (30.5 x 45.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Tancred Entering the Enchanted Forest, Vide "Jerusalem Delivered"--Canto XIII
Creator:
Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:
1847
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/16 x 17 3/8 inches (31 x 44.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Jedburgh Abbey
Creator:
Print made by Robert Brandard, 1805–1862
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving, with graphite and scraping out; touched engraver's proof (I) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 × 17 3/8 inches (30.5 × 44.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Phryne Going to the Bath as Venus
Creator:
Print made by James Baylis Allen, 1803–1876
Date:
between 1859 and 1861
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/4 × 8 3/4 inches (31.1 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Bolton Abbey
Creator:
Print made by Robert Wallis, 1794–1878
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving; early engraver's proof on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/16 × 6 3/4 inches (30.6 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
Athol Fugard, Zakes Mokae, John Berry, and Ian Bannen in Rehearsals for 'The Blood Knot', New Arts Theatre, London
Creator:
Lewis Morley, 1925–2013
Date:
1960s
Materials & Techniques:
Gelatin silver print on semigloss photographic paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 × 15 1/2 inches (30.5 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy
The Peasant's Dream, Paradise Lost, Book 1, 781-8
Creator:
Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:
1793 to 1800
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, black chalk, white chalk and white gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/8 x 20 3/8 inches (31.4 x 51.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Arviragus, Bearing Imogen as Dead in his Arms, 'Cymbeline', Act IV, Scene II
Creator:
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:
1780
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with brown ink and scraping over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:
Mount: 14 5/8 x 16 9/16 inches (37.1 x 42 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:
1896
Materials & Techniques:
Etching printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 × 17 inches (30.5 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Daniel Bell
No cover image available
Creator:
Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:
1896
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; working proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/8 × 17 3/8 inches (30.8 × 44.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Daniel Bell
No cover image available
Creator:
Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:
1896
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; working proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/4 × 17 1/8 inches (31.1 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Daniel Bell
No cover image available
Creator:
Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:
1896
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/4 × 17 1/8 inches (31.1 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:
1808
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 16 inches (40.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
Print made by Ralph Hudson, active ca. 1820
Date:
ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and aquatint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 × 22 1/8 inches (30.5 × 56.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
Print made by Ralph Hudson, active ca. 1820
Date:
ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and aquatint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 × 22 1/2 inches (30.5 × 57.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
David Scott, 1806–1849
Date:
ca. 1831
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, red chalk, tracing on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/8 × 9 9/16 inches (31.4 × 24.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
No cover image available
Creator:
David Scott, 1806–1849
Date:
ca. 1831
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and tracing on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/16 × 9 1/2 inches (31.3 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
No cover image available
Creator:
David Scott, 1806–1849
Date:
ca. 1831
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/8 × 9 inches (30.8 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
No cover image available
Creator:
David Scott, 1806–1849
Date:
ca. 1831
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, red chalk, and tracing on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/16 × 9 7/16 inches (31.3 × 24 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
No cover image available
Creator:
Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:
1808
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 16 inches (40.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:
1808
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 16 inches (40.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:
1808
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 16 inches (40.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection