On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Creator: Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845

1. Untitled: Two Classical Domestic Scenes

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 × 8 1/2 inches (14.6 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The Gem for 1830

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/2 × 12 inches (44.5 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Seated Female with Arms Raised Turning to Right

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 11 1/4 inches (22.2 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Oberon and Puck

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash and gouache over graphite with gum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 4 3/8in. (17.1 x 11.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. 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

12. 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

13. Portrait of Moses Kean

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 6 3/4 inches (22.9 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. 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

15. 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

16. Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene II: " The Road by Gadshill - Prince Henry, Poins, Peto, Falstaff, etc."

Creator:: Samuel Middiman, ca. 1750–1831
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 5/8 x 24 7/8in. (49.8 x 63.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene II: " The Road by Gadshill - Prince Henry, Poins, Peto, Falstaff, etc."

Creator:: Samuel Middiman, ca. 1750–1831
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving and etching
Dimensions:: Plate: 20 x 25 1/8in. (50.8 x 63.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene IV: " The Boar's Head"

Creator:: Robert Thew, 1758–1802
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/16 x 23 3/8in. (43.7 x 59.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene II: " The Road by Gadshill - Prince Henry, Poins, Peto, Falstaff, etc."

Creator:: Samuel Middiman, ca. 1750–1831
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/16 x 23 7/16in. (44 x 59.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Ticket to Westminster Abbey

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: before 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and stipple engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 5 11/16 inches (22.2 × 14.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Smirke [Shakespeare] Album

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and watercolor sketches, pen and ink drawings
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Attempt to Assassinate Prince Edward in Palestine

Creator:: Print made by Anker Smith, 1759–1819
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 8 7/8 inches (35.6 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent

23. The Duke of Gloucester Accusing Jane Shore of Witchcraft

Creator:: Print made by William Bromley, 1769–1842
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 8 7/8 inches (35.6 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent

24. Edward V. and The Duke of York, Smothered in the Tower

Creator:: Print made by Anker Smith, 1759–1819
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 8 7/8 inches (35.6 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent

25. Cardinal Wolsey Receiving a Letter Sent by Henry VIII

Creator:: Print made by William Bromley, 1769–1842
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 8 7/8 inches (35.6 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent

26. The Death of Wat Tyler

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Milton, 1742/1743–1827
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 8 7/8 inches (35.6 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent

27. Death of Henry IV

Creator:: Print made by William Bromley, 1769–1842
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 8 7/8 inches (35.6 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent

28. Queen Margaret Resigning the Duke of York

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Milton, 1742/1743–1827
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 8 7/8 inches (35.6 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent

29. Magna Charta Presented to King John

Creator:: Print made by Anker Smith, 1759–1819
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 8 7/8 inches (35.6 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent

30. Becket Assassinated

Creator:: Print made by Anker Smith, 1759–1819
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 8 7/8 inches (35.6 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent

31. Lady Elizabeth Grey's Interview with Edward IV

Creator:: Print made by Anker Smith, 1759–1819
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 8 7/8 inches (35.6 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent

32. Queen Margaret Protected by a Robber

Creator:: Print made by Anker Smith, 1759–1819
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 8 7/8 inches (35.6 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent

33. The Prince of Wales Brought before Edward IV, after the Battle of Tewkesbury

Creator:: Print made by Anker Smith, 1759–1819
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 8 7/8 inches (35.6 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent

34. The Death of Cardinal Wolsey

Creator:: Print made by Philip Audinet, 1766–1837
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 8 7/8 inches (35.6 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent

35. Canute Reproving the Flattery of his Courtiers

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Milton, 1742/1743–1827
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 8 7/8 inches (35.6 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent

36. Vortigern & Rowena

Creator:: Print made by Anker Smith, 1759–1819
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 8 7/8 inches (35.6 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent

37. The Burning of Archbishop Cranmer

Creator:: Print made by Anker Smith, 1759–1819
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 8 7/8 inches (35.6 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent

38. Death of Henry V

Creator:: Print made by William Bromley, 1769–1842
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 8 7/8 inches (35.6 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent

39. Elizabeth Barton, Commonly called The Holy Maid of Kent, Practicing her Impositions

Creator:: Print made by James Neagle, 1760–1822
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 8 7/8 inches (35.6 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent

40. Queen Mary of Scots Landing in England

Creator:: Print made by James Neagle, 1760–1822
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 8 7/8 inches (35.6 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent

41. The Young Earl of Richmond before Henry VI

Creator:: Print made by Anker Smith, 1759–1819
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 8 7/8 inches (35.6 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent

42. Alfred in the Danish Camp

Creator:: Print made by Anker Smith, 1759–1819
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 8 7/8 inches (35.6 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent

43. Cranmer Urging Edward VI to Consent to the Execution of Joan of Kent

Creator:: Print made by William Bromley, 1769–1842
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet:
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection

44. Gil Blas. Vol I: Gil Blas in the Cavern

Creator:: Print made by James Neagle, 1760–1822
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet:
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection

45. 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

46. Illustration for Shakespeare's " A Winter's Tale" or '"Cymbeline"

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and pen and brown ink on wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches (6.4 x 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Illustration for an Eastern Romance, possibly "The Arabian Nights", with Kneeling Female Figure at Right)

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, lightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 x 3in. (11.4 x 7.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. This Print Representing His Majesty Reviewing the Volunteer Corps assembled in Hyde Park, in honor of his Birthday, June 4 1799

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Abraham and Isaac (Abraham grasping Isaac's arm)

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and brown ink on moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 x 3 1/2in. (11.4 x 8.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Scenes from an Eastern Romance [Arabian Nights]

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted to medium, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 × 3 inches (10.5 × 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. She Never Told Her Love, But Sat Like Patience on a Monument

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with brown wash and gouache and oil on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 inches (13 x 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Illustration for an Eastern Romance, possibly 'The Arabian Nights', with Two Male Figures Standing

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and graphite on wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 3 1/2 inches (11.4 × 8.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Abraham and Isaac

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.2 × 8.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Illustration for Don Quixote, Two Figures at a Table

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 x 3 1/2in. (7.6 x 8.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Illustration for Don Quixote (with figures on a donkey)

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 4in. (12.7 x 10.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Malvolio Dancing

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with brown wash and oil on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 inches (13 x 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Illustration for an Eastern Romance, possibly 'The Arabian Nights' (with female figure reclining at left)

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and black ink on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper mounted to medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 3 3/8 inches (11.4 × 8.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. 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

59. 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

60. 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

61. 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

62. 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

63. 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

64. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, white gouache and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 × 8 inches (28.7 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. 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

66. 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

67. 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

68. 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

69. 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

70. 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

71. 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

72. 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

73. 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

74. 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

75. 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

76. 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

77. 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

78. 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

79. 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

80. 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

81. 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

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. Woman Sleeping in the Nude in a Wooded Landscape

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, oil, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 5 7/16 inches (10.2 × 13.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. 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

85. Diana and Actaeon

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil, varnish, gouache, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 6 3/4 inches (15.6 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Figure Study of a Nude Woman in a Wooded Landscape

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and varnish on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 15/16 × 5 7/16 inches (10 × 13.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Battle Scene

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 8 15/16 inches (12.7 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Interior of York Minster from the Nave Shewing the Screen of the Choir in its Present Situation

Creator:: Print made by Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on thin, smooth, cream wove paper with cream chine-collé
Dimensions:: Image: 8 1/2 × 7 inches (21.6 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Rokeby

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on wove paper with chine-collé
Dimensions:: Image: 4 3/4 x 3 1/2in. (12.1 x 8.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. Eastnor Castle

Creator:: Print made by James Charles Armytage, 1802–1897
Date:: ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving on smooth, thin, cream wove paper with cream chine-collé
Dimensions:: Image: 4 5/16 × 6 3/4 inches (11 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Untitled: Old Man of the Sea

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on wove paper with chine-collé
Dimensions:: Image: 5 x 3 3/4in. (12.7 x 9.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. Untitled: Prince Amgrad & Prince Affad

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on wove paper with chine-collé
Dimensions:: Image: 5 x 3 3/4in. (12.7 x 9.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Untitled: Death of the African Magician

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Image: 4 x 3 1/4in. (10.2 x 8.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Untitled: The Exposure of Prince Bahman

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on wove paper with chine-collé
Dimensions:: Image: 5 x 3 3/4in. (12.7 x 9.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. Untitled: Skirmish for a Lady

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Image: 3 1/2 x 2 3/4in. (8.9 x 7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Twelfth Night

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Image: 4 x 3in. (10.2 x 7.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Tempest

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Image: 4 x 3in. (10.2 x 7.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Untitled: Rasselas

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Image: 6 x 4 3/4in. (15.2 x 12.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Twelfth Night

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Image: 4 x 3in. (10.2 x 7.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. Taming of the Shrew

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Image: 4 x 3in. (10.2 x 7.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Untitled: Two Classical Domestic Scenes

2. The Gem for 1830

3. Seated Female with Arms Raised Turning to Right

4. Anne Page and Slender

5. Prospero and Ariel

6. Falstaff Instructing Bardolph

7. Falstaff Dragging the Body of Hotspur

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

9. Lysander Awakening to See Helena

10. Oberon and Puck

11. Falstaff in the Boar's Head

12. Falstaff at Herne's Oak

13. Portrait of Moses Kean

14. Fluellen Forcing Pistol to Eat His Leek

15. Shakespearean Scene (?): A Pilgrim

16. Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene II: " The Road by Gadshill - Prince Henry, Poins, Peto, Falstaff, etc."

17. Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene II: " The Road by Gadshill - Prince Henry, Poins, Peto, Falstaff, etc."

18. Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene IV: " The Boar's Head"

19. Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene II: " The Road by Gadshill - Prince Henry, Poins, Peto, Falstaff, etc."

20. Ticket to Westminster Abbey

21. Smirke [Shakespeare] Album

22. Attempt to Assassinate Prince Edward in Palestine

23. The Duke of Gloucester Accusing Jane Shore of Witchcraft

24. Edward V. and The Duke of York, Smothered in the Tower

25. Cardinal Wolsey Receiving a Letter Sent by Henry VIII

26. The Death of Wat Tyler

27. Death of Henry IV

28. Queen Margaret Resigning the Duke of York

29. Magna Charta Presented to King John

30. Becket Assassinated

31. Lady Elizabeth Grey's Interview with Edward IV

32. Queen Margaret Protected by a Robber

33. The Prince of Wales Brought before Edward IV, after the Battle of Tewkesbury

34. The Death of Cardinal Wolsey

35. Canute Reproving the Flattery of his Courtiers

36. Vortigern & Rowena

37. The Burning of Archbishop Cranmer

38. Death of Henry V

39. Elizabeth Barton, Commonly called The Holy Maid of Kent, Practicing her Impositions

40. Queen Mary of Scots Landing in England

41. The Young Earl of Richmond before Henry VI

42. Alfred in the Danish Camp

43. Cranmer Urging Edward VI to Consent to the Execution of Joan of Kent

44. Gil Blas. Vol I: Gil Blas in the Cavern

45. Olivia and Maria

46. Illustration for Shakespeare's " A Winter's Tale" or '"Cymbeline"

47. Illustration for an Eastern Romance, possibly "The Arabian Nights", with Kneeling Female Figure at Right)

48. This Print Representing His Majesty Reviewing the Volunteer Corps assembled in Hyde Park, in honor of his Birthday, June 4 1799

49. Abraham and Isaac (Abraham grasping Isaac's arm)

50. Scenes from an Eastern Romance [Arabian Nights]

51. She Never Told Her Love, But Sat Like Patience on a Monument

52. Illustration for an Eastern Romance, possibly 'The Arabian Nights', with Two Male Figures Standing

53. Abraham and Isaac

54. Illustration for Don Quixote, Two Figures at a Table

55. Illustration for Don Quixote (with figures on a donkey)

56. Malvolio Dancing

57. Illustration for an Eastern Romance, possibly 'The Arabian Nights' (with female figure reclining at left)

58. Study of the Head of a Snake

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

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

61. Study for a Relief with Romanesque Figures

62. Study of Nude Figures in a Wooded Area

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

64. [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

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

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

67. Study of Abraham Being Tested by God

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

69. MSS Bible Regia

70. Studies for Armour

71. Study of a Woman and Child

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

73. Study of a Chair

74. Study for a Piece of Furniture