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1. The Beggar's Opera

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1729
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 1/4 x 30 inches (59.1 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. David Garrick and Mrs. Pritchard in Benjamin Hoadly's "The Suspicious Husband"

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

3. A Scene from 'The Maid of the Mill'

Creator:: John Inigo Richards, 1730/31?–1810
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 5/8 x 25 inches (47.3 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Edward Shuter, John Beard, and John Dunstall in Isaac Bickerton's "Love in a Village"

Creator:: Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:: 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 51 1/4 x 65 inches (130.2 x 165.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. John Quick as Tony Allspice

Creator:: Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 22 1/4 × 15 inches (56.5 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Mrs. Abington as Miss Prue in "Love for Love" by William Congreve

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/4 × 25 1/8 inches (76.8 × 63.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. 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

8. The Mandrake: A Charm

Creator:: Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:: exhibited RA 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 × 29 1/2 inches (63.5 × 74.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Scene in a park, with figures from the Commedia dell'Arte

Creator:: Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772
Date:: ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 1/4 x 34 1/2 inches (92.1 x 87.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Cordelia Championed by the Earl of Kent, from Shakespeare's "King Lear," I, i

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1770 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 1/8 x 50 1/2 inches (104.5 x 128.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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. The Beggar's Opera

2. David Garrick and Mrs. Pritchard in Benjamin Hoadly's "The Suspicious Husband"

3. A Scene from 'The Maid of the Mill'

4. Edward Shuter, John Beard, and John Dunstall in Isaac Bickerton's "Love in a Village"

5. John Quick as Tony Allspice

6. Mrs. Abington as Miss Prue in "Love for Love" by William Congreve

7. The revelation of Olivia's betrothal, from "Twelfth Night," Act V, Scene i

8. The Mandrake: A Charm

9. Scene in a park, with figures from the Commedia dell'Arte

10. Cordelia Championed by the Earl of Kent, from Shakespeare's "King Lear," I, i

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

12. Mrs. Abington as Thalia

13. An Ampitheatrical Version of the Fall of Bastille

14. A Man doing the Splits

15. Polite Amusement of Brute Beasts at the Lyceum

16. Mrs. Abington As Thalia

17. Mrs. Abington

18. Mrs. Abington

19. Mrs. Abington as 'the Comic Muse'

20. Mrs. Abington

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

22. Mrs. Frances Abington (née Barton)

23. Mrs. Frances Abington (née Barton)

24. Mrs. Abington as 'Roxana'

25. Mrs. Abington as Thalia

26. Garrick as Abel Drugger in "The Alchemist"

27. Mrs. Frances Abington