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1. Unidentified Subjects

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 6 7/8 inches (14 x 17.5 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

2. MacBeth: Banquet Scene

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 8 1/8 inches (14.3 x 20.6 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

3. MacBeth: Banquet Scene

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 x 7 5/8 inches (11.7 x 19.4 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

4. Strephon and Chloe

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 x 13 1/16 inches (25.5 x 33.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Mrs. Abington

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 11 3/4 inches (19.7 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Mrs. Abington as 'the Comic Muse'

Creator:: Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/4 × 18 1/2 inches (66.7 × 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Mrs. Abington as 'Roxana'

Creator:: Print made by John Keyse Sherwin, c.1751–1790
Date:: ca. 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint with stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/8 × 11 1/2 inches (43.5 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. Mrs. Abington

Creator:: Print made by Elizabeth Judkins, active 1772–1775
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/16 × 11 3/8 inches (38.9 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. Study for "On the Sands"

Creator:: Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878–1914
Date:: 1910
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and graphite on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 11 inches (22.5 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. The Alhambra Theatre, "On the Sands"

Creator:: Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878–1914
Date:: 1910
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and graphite on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 11 inches (22.5 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

11. A Great Actor between Tragedy and Comedy

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/16 x 16 5/16 inches (28.4 x 41.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. The Theatrical Bubble: Being a New Specimen of the Astonishing Powers of the Great Politico-Punchinello, in the art of Dramatic Puffing

Creator:: Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/16 x 10 inches (36.7 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

13. Mrs. Frances Abington (née Barton) as Roxalana in "The Sultan"

Creator:: John Keyse Sherwin, c.1751–1790
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 9/16 inches (24.4 × 19.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Cave of the Golden Calf: Sketches of a Stage and Bar

Creator:: Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878–1914
Date:: 1912
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 10 inches (35.6 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick Gore

15. Cave of the Golden Calf: Study for Stage

Creator:: Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878–1914
Date:: 1912
Materials & Techniques:: Crayon on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 10 3/4 inches (30.5 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick Gore

16. Mrs. Frances Abington (née Barton)

Creator:: James Wilson, c.1735–c.1786
Date:: between 1768 and 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 10 5/8 inches (36.8 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Mrs. Frances Abington, (née Barton)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 5 13/16 inches (23.2 × 14.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Mrs. Frances Abington (née Barton)

Creator:: James Wilson, c.1735–c.1786
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 15/16 × 4 3/8 inches (15.1 × 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Blowing up the Pic Nic's: or Harlequin Quioxtte Attacking the Puppets

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/16 × 10 1/16 inches (35.7 × 25.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Study for a Stage Set: a Fortress with Cannon and Buildings

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches (19.1 x 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Punch

Creator:: Print made by Rowney & Forster, active 1820–1822
Date:: after 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 13/16 × 12 9/16 inches (22.4 × 31.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Garrick as Abel Drugger in "The Alchemist"

Creator:: Print finished by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 12 1/4 inches (42.9 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Cave of the Golden Calf: Study for Mural

Creator:: Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878–1914
Date:: 1912
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pastel on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 10 3/4 inches (30.5 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. Mrs. Abington as Thalia

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, with hand colored ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/16 × 7 1/8 inches (23.4 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Cave of the Golden Calf: Study of the Cabaret Stage and Painted Panels on Either Side

Creator:: Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878–1914
Date:: 1912
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 10 inches (35.6 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

26. Mrs. Abington

Creator:: Print made by Elizabeth Judkins, active 1772–1775
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Mrs. Abington

Creator:: James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 3/8 × 15 1/16 inches (61.9 × 38.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Mrs. Abington As Thalia

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and line engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches (27.7 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. 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

30. Sheet of Sketches

Creator:: Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: pen and brown ink and graphite on thin, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 14 3/8 inches (24.1 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Interior of the New Bedford

Creator:: Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878–1914
Date:: between 1908 and 1909
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk and graphite, squared for transfer on medium, slightly textured, mauve wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 inches (36.8 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

32. Scene from a Play, possibly Benjamin Hoadley's "The Suspicious Husband"

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, red chalk and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 6 3/4 inches (13 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Design for A Winter's Tale

Creator:: Thomas Grieve, 1799–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 12 3/4 inches (18.7 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Four Children on a Stage

Creator:: Adelaide Claxton, 1858–1905
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 9 1/4in. (15.2 x 23.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

35. Cave of the Golden Calf: Study of Cabaret Stage and Painted Murals

Creator:: Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878–1914
Date:: 1912
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and pastel on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 10 inches (35.6 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

36. This is NOT the Baron of Oakland, in the Opera of the Haunted Tower

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph, hand-colored on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 x 11 3/4 inches (40.4 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Brian and Linda Gracie

37. Turning the Tables

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 5 11/16 inches (20.3 x 14.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

38. Gemini - Odd-fellows

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 × 6 11/16 inches (10.8 × 17 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

39. Capricornus - A Caper- o' - corns

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 15/16 × 6 9/16 inches (10 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

40. Mrs. Abington as Thalia

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving printed in brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 × 8 1/4 inches (26.8 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Polite Amusement of Brute Beasts at the Lyceum

Creator:: Samuel Collings, active 1784–1795
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with gray wash on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 8 3/4 inches (17.8 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. An Ampitheatrical Version of the Fall of Bastille

Creator:: Samuel Collings, active 1784–1795
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 9 inches (17.1 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. A Man doing the Splits

Creator:: George Dance, 1741–1825
Date:: between 1760 and 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 5 3/4 inches (18.7 × 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Mrs. Frances Abington

Creator:: James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: ca.1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 7/8 × 16 inches (65.7 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Unidentified Subjects

2. MacBeth: Banquet Scene

3. MacBeth: Banquet Scene

4. Strephon and Chloe

5. Mrs. Abington

6. Mrs. Abington as 'the Comic Muse'

7. Mrs. Abington as 'Roxana'

8. Mrs. Abington

9. Study for "On the Sands"

10. The Alhambra Theatre, "On the Sands"

11. A Great Actor between Tragedy and Comedy

12. The Theatrical Bubble: Being a New Specimen of the Astonishing Powers of the Great Politico-Punchinello, in the art of Dramatic Puffing

13. Mrs. Frances Abington (née Barton) as Roxalana in "The Sultan"

14. Cave of the Golden Calf: Sketches of a Stage and Bar

15. Cave of the Golden Calf: Study for Stage

16. Mrs. Frances Abington (née Barton)

17. Mrs. Frances Abington, (née Barton)

18. Mrs. Frances Abington (née Barton)

19. Blowing up the Pic Nic's: or Harlequin Quioxtte Attacking the Puppets

20. Study for a Stage Set: a Fortress with Cannon and Buildings

21. Punch

22. Garrick as Abel Drugger in "The Alchemist"

23. Cave of the Golden Calf: Study for Mural

24. Mrs. Abington as Thalia

25. Cave of the Golden Calf: Study of the Cabaret Stage and Painted Panels on Either Side

26. Mrs. Abington

27. Mrs. Abington

28. Mrs. Abington As Thalia

29. A Scene From the Farce of "The Critic," a Little Altered.

30. Sheet of Sketches

31. Interior of the New Bedford

32. Scene from a Play, possibly Benjamin Hoadley's "The Suspicious Husband"

33. Design for A Winter's Tale

34. Four Children on a Stage

35. Cave of the Golden Calf: Study of Cabaret Stage and Painted Murals

36. This is NOT the Baron of Oakland, in the Opera of the Haunted Tower

37. Turning the Tables

38. Gemini - Odd-fellows

39. Capricornus - A Caper- o' - corns

40. Mrs. Abington as Thalia

41. Polite Amusement of Brute Beasts at the Lyceum

42. An Ampitheatrical Version of the Fall of Bastille

43. A Man doing the Splits

44. Mrs. Frances Abington