Genre: literary theme / Image Use: Free to Use / Subject Terms: curtains

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

Creator:: Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1763–1840
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

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

Creator:: George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1864 to 1865
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

3. David Garrick and Hannah Pritchard (née Vaughan) in Benjamin Hoadly's "The Suspicious Husband"

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas laid to board
Dimensions:: 28 1/8 x 36 1/8 inches (71.4 x 91.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

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

Creator:: Charles Hunt, 1803–1877
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

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

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

6. 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

7. The Death of Arcite

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection

8. The Infant

Creator:: Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 10 7/8 inches (22.8 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. Queen Katherine's Dream - "Henry VIII"

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 20in. (43.2 x 50.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. Phoebe Hoppner as Caroline de Lichtfield

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

11. Miss Crockatt as Julia de Roubigné

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

12. Capulet Railing at his Daughter, Juliet

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/16 x 4 1/2 inches (16.1 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Viola and Olivia

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 x 4 3/8 inches (16.7 x 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Juliet About to Take her Sleeping Draught

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (16.5 x 11.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. As You Like It: Act II, Scene VII: The Seven Ages Man (Third Age)

Creator:: Robert Thew, 1758–1802
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 x 26 3/4 inches (51.4 x 67.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene IV: Olivia's House

Creator:: Thomas Ryder, 1746–1810
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 x 29 1/2 inches (50.8 x 74.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Olivia and Maria

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with brown wash, gouache and oil on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 x 3 3/8 inches (10.7 x 8.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Bauldy, Symon and Sir William Worthy

Creator:: Print made by David Allan, 1744–1796
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 15/16 inches (28.3 x 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

19. Lady Percy Watching the Sleeping Hotspur

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 24 x 19 1/8 inches (61 x 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Lady Macbeth, Sleepwalking

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink, scraping, and gouache over graphite on thick, slightly textured cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 21 1/16 x 14 1/2 inches (53.5 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Lear and Cordelia

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 22 15/16 x 17 1/4 inches (58.3 x 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Princes in the Tower

Creator:: William Marshall Craig, 1763 or 1764–1829
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with gray wash and watercolor on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 x 8 11/16 inches (27.5 x 22.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. Gil Blas Practicing Medicine Under Dr. Sangrado

Creator:: Thomas Uwins, 1782–1857
Date:: between 1820 and 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with brown pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper, laid in contemporary mount made of moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 17 3/8 x 20 1/2 inches (44.2 x 52 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

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

3. David Garrick and Hannah Pritchard (née Vaughan) in Benjamin Hoadly's "The Suspicious Husband"

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

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

6. Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda

7. The Death of Arcite

8. The Infant

9. Queen Katherine's Dream - "Henry VIII"

10. Phoebe Hoppner as Caroline de Lichtfield

11. Miss Crockatt as Julia de Roubigné

12. Capulet Railing at his Daughter, Juliet

13. Viola and Olivia

14. Juliet About to Take her Sleeping Draught

15. As You Like It: Act II, Scene VII: The Seven Ages Man (Third Age)

16. Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene IV: Olivia's House

17. Olivia and Maria

18. Bauldy, Symon and Sir William Worthy

19. Lady Percy Watching the Sleeping Hotspur

20. Lady Macbeth, Sleepwalking

21. Lear and Cordelia

22. The Princes in the Tower

23. Gil Blas Practicing Medicine Under Dr. Sangrado