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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
The Seven Ages of Man: Second Childishness, 'As You Like It,' II, vii
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:
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
On View:
Not on view
The revelation of Olivia's betrothal, from "Twelfth Night," Act V, Scene i
Creator:
William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
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
On View:
Not on view
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Falstaff Carrying Dead Hotspur
Creator:
Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Reconciliation of the Montagues and the Capulets
Creator:
Frederic Leighton, 1830–1896
Date:
1854
Materials & Techniques:
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
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
Falstaff with Mistress Quickly and Bardolph
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 x 4 3/8 inches (15.3 x 11.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sleepest or Wakest Thou?
Creator:
Print made by Richard Ansdell, 1815–1885
Date:
ca. 1853
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/4 × 5 7/8 inches (10.8 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Twelfth Night, Act V, Scene I: The Street
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1803
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and stipple engraving on medium, smooth, cream wove 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
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

23. Juliet

Juliet
Creator:
Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1750–ca.1790
Date:
1779
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 x 14 1/8 inches (53.4 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
John Henderson as Iago
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
before 1786
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 8 7/16 inches (27.8 × 21.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
John Henderson as Iago
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 13/16 × 8 1/16 inches (27.5 × 20.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Taming of the Shrew. Katharine and Petruchio - The Modern Quixotte, or, What You Will
Creator:
Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 9 x 15 3/4 inches (22.9 x 40 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
David Garrick as Richard III in the Drury Lane Theatre Performance, 1759
Creator:
Print made by William Bromley, 1769–1842
Date:
1811
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid on contemporary mount made of moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 21 x 14 13/16 inches (53.4 x 37.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Pistol eating Fluellen's Leak - "Henry V"
Creator:
Print made by Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:
between 1811 and 1815
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 15 3/8 inches (26 x 39 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Ophelia: There Is Rue for You and Here's Some for Me
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 5/16 x 8 7/8 inches (28.7 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Mr. W. J. Hammond and Miss Daly as Othello and Desdemona at the New Strand Theatre
Creator:
Print made by John W. Gear, 1806–1866
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 5/16 x 14 9/16 inches (26.2 x 37 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Seht Ihr denn nichts hier: 'Hamlet,' Act IV, Scene II
Creator:
Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
Date:
1778
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, slightly textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 7/16 × 4 inches (16.3 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
"Antony and Cleopatra," Act III, Scene XI
Creator:
Georg Goldberg, 1830–1894
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 1/16 inches (28.2 x 20.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Mr. Rossi as Othello
Creator:
Print made by Antonin Marie Chatinière, 1828–ca. 1900
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Tinted lithograph with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/16 x 7 1/16 inches (25.5 x 17.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Where the Bee Sucks. The Tempest, Act V, Scene I, Ariel on a Hammock of Convolvulus
Creator:
Print made by Henry J. Townsend, 1810–1890
Date:
1853
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 x 5 5/8 inches (10.2 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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

36. Tempest

Tempest
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
1821
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 x 7 1/2 inches (27.9 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
Ophelia: There's Rue for You, and Here's Some for Me
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 x 8 9/16 inches (27.9 x 21.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Gadshill

Gadshill
Creator:
Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1750–ca.1790
Date:
1796
Materials & Techniques:
Color printed mezzotint with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 5/16 x 12 3/16 inches (41.5 x 31 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
Scene from MacBeth: Apparition of Banquo?
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, sllightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 3/4 × 7 inches (12.1 × 17.8 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
Shakespearean Scene (?): A Pilgrim
Creator:
Joseph Farington, 1747–1821
Date:
1796
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, pasted on contemporary mount made of thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 18 1/2 × 15 5/8 inches (47 × 39.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
The Three Witches from Macbeth: Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Creator:
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:
1781
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:
Mount: 20 3/4 x 24 3/16 inches (52.7 x 61.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Apparition of the Armed Head: Macbeth
Creator:
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:
ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite, with scraping on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:
Mount: 16 × 13 inches (40.6 × 33 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
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
Fluellen Forcing Pistol to Eat His Leek
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 14 × 10 1/8 inches (35.6 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Ophelia's Death
Creator:
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:
ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with gouache, black ink, and scraping over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper with reminants of contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:
Mount: 22 9/16 x 17 13/16 inches (57.3 x 45.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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