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1. John Henderson as Falstaff

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Gray ink and gray wash with pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (39.3 x 31.7 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. John Bannister

Creator:: Henry Edridge, 1769–1821
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 inches (6.7 x 5.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Mr. Wilkinson as Michael in Free & Easy

Creator:: Print made by Robert Cooper, ca. 1800–1836
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, line engraving, and etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 × 7 11/16 inches (27.1 × 19.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Doret, Yale BA 1968, and Linda Mitchell

4. Gary Oldman

Creator:: Michael Childers, born 1944
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Inkjet print on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist

5. David Bowie

Creator:: Michael Childers, born 1944
Date:: 1984
Materials & Techniques:: Inkjet print on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist

6. Rupert Graves

Creator:: Michael Childers, born 1944
Date:: 1987
Materials & Techniques:: Inkjet print on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist

7. Roddy McDowall

Creator:: Michael Childers, born 1944
Date:: 1997
Materials & Techniques:: Inkjet print on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist

8. Sir Laurence Olivier

Creator:: Michael Childers, born 1944
Date:: 1975
Materials & Techniques:: Inkjet print on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist

9. Michael York

Creator:: Michael Childers, born 1944
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Inkjet print on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist

10. Sir Anthony Hopkins

Creator:: Michael Childers, born 1944
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Inkjet print on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist

11. Tim Curry

Creator:: Michael Childers, born 1944
Date:: 2000
Materials & Techniques:: Inkjet print on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist

12. Eric Idle

Creator:: Michael Childers, born 1944
Date:: 1989
Materials & Techniques:: Inkjet print on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist

13. Murray Head

Creator:: Michael Childers, born 1944
Date:: 1972
Materials & Techniques:: Inkjet print on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist

14. Ringo Starr

Creator:: Michael Childers, born 1944
Date:: 1980
Materials & Techniques:: Inkjet print on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist

15. Sir Anthony Sher

Creator:: Michael Childers, born 1944
Date:: 2002
Materials & Techniques:: Inkjet print on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist

16. Chad & Jeremy

Creator:: Michael Childers, born 1944
Date:: 1964
Materials & Techniques:: Inkjet print on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist

17. Pierce Brosnan

Creator:: Michael Childers, born 1944
Date:: 1985
Materials & Techniques:: Inkjet print on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist

18. Derek Jacobi

Creator:: Michael Childers, born 1944
Date:: 1970
Materials & Techniques:: Inkjet print on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist

19. Robert Stephens

Creator:: Lewis Morley, 1925–2013
Date:: 1960s
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on resin-coated photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy

20. John Bannister, Comedian, 1787

Creator:: Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 x 10 7/8in. (35.9 x 27.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. David Garrick, Esq.

Creator:: John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 15/16 x 14 1/8 inches (50.6 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mary E. Knapp

22. Interior of a Dressing Room with Jack Bannister

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: between 1790 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and red-brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 8 5/16 inches (12.7 x 21.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Esme Percy

Creator:: Feliks Topelski, 1907–1989
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and blue ink on medium, smooth, light blue 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, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

24. 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

25. Jack Bannister in his Dressing Room

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 8 11/16 x 6 7/16 inches (22.1 x 16.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Donald Pleasence in 'Poor Bitos' by Jean Anouith

Creator:: Lewis Morley, 1925–2013
Date:: 1965
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on resin-coated photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy

27. Donald Pleasence in 'Poor Bitos' by Jean Anouith

Creator:: Lewis Morley, 1925–2013
Date:: 1965
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on resin-coated photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy

28. Nicol Williamson

Creator:: Lewis Morley, 1925–2013
Date:: 1960s
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on semigloss photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 7/8 × 16 inches (50.5 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy

29. Albert Finney in 'Billy Liar'

Creator:: Lewis Morley, 1925–2013
Date:: 1960
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on semigloss photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 inches (40.6 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy

30. Albert Finney in 'Billy Liar'

Creator:: Lewis Morley, 1925–2013
Date:: 1960
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on semigloss photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 15 7/8 inches (30.5 × 40.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy

31. Albert Finney in 'Billy Liar'

Creator:: Lewis Morley, 1925–2013
Date:: 1960
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on semigloss photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 12 inches (40.3 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy

32. John Edwin and Mrs. Mary Wells as Lingo and Cowslip in "The Agreeable Surprise"

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache, black chalk and stumping on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/16 x 12 5/8 inches (41.4 x 32 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. A View of the Valley of Stones, Devon, with a scene in the Tempest, Act 1

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid down on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with drawn border
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 × 25 1/8 inches (41.3 × 63.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

34. 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

35. Hamlet in Scotland

Creator:: Print made by Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches (28.6 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

36. 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

37. Mr. Kemble, of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

Creator:: Print made by William Nelson Gardiner, 1766–1814
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 × 5 1/2 inches (21.8 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

38. 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

39. ...in ein Nonnen Kloster geh: 'Hamlet,' Act III, Scene IX

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 × 3 3/4 inches (16.4 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

40. 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

41. David Garrick in the Character of 'Kitely'

Creator:: Print made by John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 × 10 15/16 inches (37.9 × 27.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

42. Garrick Reading the Ode at the Shakespeare Jubilee

Creator:: Caroline Watson, 1760–1814
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 7/16 x 17 13/16 inches (62 x 45.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alexander

43. Garrick, In the Character of Abel Drugger

Creator:: Samuel William Reynolds, 1773–1835
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 1/8 x 15 7/8 inches (58.7 x 40.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. 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

45. Portrait of John Moody as Foigard

Creator:: Giuseppe Marchi, ca. 1735–1808
Date:: between 1769 and 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (52.1 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. 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

47. John Bannister, Actor

Creator:: James Heath, 1757–1834
Date:: 1799-1805
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple, printed in color
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. John Henderson as Falstaff

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3. Mr. Wilkinson as Michael in Free & Easy

4. Gary Oldman

5. David Bowie

6. Rupert Graves

7. Roddy McDowall

8. Sir Laurence Olivier

9. Michael York

10. Sir Anthony Hopkins

11. Tim Curry

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13. Murray Head

14. Ringo Starr

15. Sir Anthony Sher

16. Chad & Jeremy

17. Pierce Brosnan

18. Derek Jacobi

19. Robert Stephens

20. John Bannister, Comedian, 1787

21. David Garrick, Esq.

22. Interior of a Dressing Room with Jack Bannister

23. Esme Percy

24. John Henderson as Iago

25. Jack Bannister in his Dressing Room

26. Donald Pleasence in 'Poor Bitos' by Jean Anouith

27. Donald Pleasence in 'Poor Bitos' by Jean Anouith

28. Nicol Williamson

29. Albert Finney in 'Billy Liar'

30. Albert Finney in 'Billy Liar'

31. Albert Finney in 'Billy Liar'

32. John Edwin and Mrs. Mary Wells as Lingo and Cowslip in "The Agreeable Surprise"

33. A View of the Valley of Stones, Devon, with a scene in the Tempest, Act 1

34. A Great Actor between Tragedy and Comedy

35. Hamlet in Scotland

36. Mr. W. J. Hammond and Miss Daly as Othello and Desdemona at the New Strand Theatre

37. Mr. Kemble, of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

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

39. ...in ein Nonnen Kloster geh: 'Hamlet,' Act III, Scene IX

40. David Garrick as Richard III in the Drury Lane Theatre Performance, 1759

41. David Garrick in the Character of 'Kitely'

42. Garrick Reading the Ode at the Shakespeare Jubilee

43. Garrick, In the Character of Abel Drugger

44. Garrick as Abel Drugger in "The Alchemist"

45. Portrait of John Moody as Foigard

46. John Henderson as Iago

47. John Bannister, Actor