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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
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
Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia
Creator:
Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764
Date:
1755
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
84 x 82 inches (213.4 x 208.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Valentine rescuing Silvia from Proteus, from Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," Act V, Scene 4, the Outlaws' Cave
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
65 1/2 x 52 1/2 inches (166.4 x 133.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Jaques and the Wounded Stag: 'As You Like It,' Act II, Scene I
Creator:
Landscape by William Hodges, 1744–1797
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
36 1/4 x 48 1/2 inches (92.1 x 123.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Falstaff with the Body of Hotspur
Creator:
Attributed to Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:
ca. 1786
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on paper
Dimensions:
12 x 11 1/4 inches (30.5 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
The Return of Othello, 'Othello,' Act II, Scene II
Creator:
Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:
ca. 1799
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions:
8 1/4 x 10 inches (21 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest"
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
27 3/4 x 36 3/8 inches (70.5 x 92.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
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
Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest," Act I, scene ii
Creator:
Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:
ca. 1799
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions:
8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (21 x 26 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in "Romeo and Juliet", Act V, Scene iii
Creator:
Benjamin Wilson, 1721–1788
Date:
1753
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
54 5/8 x 72 1/2 inches (138.7 x 184.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Olivia, Maria and Malvolio from "Twelfth Night," Act III, Scene iv
Creator:
Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1763–1840
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
62 1/8 x 86 7/8 inches (157.8 x 220.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Shylock and Tubal from "The Merchant of Venice"
Creator:
Herbert Stoppelaer, active 1730–1775
Date:
1767 to 1769
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
23 1/2 x 28 3/4 inches (59.7 x 73 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Portia and Shylock, from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice", IV, i
Creator:
Edward Alcock, active 1750–ca. 1778
Date:
ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
26 x 20 inches (66 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia
Creator:
Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764
Date:
ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
15 1/16 x 20 9/16 inches (38.3 x 52.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
Mr. Edwin and Mrs. Wells in the Characters of Lingo and Cowslip
Creator:
Print made by Hugh Downman, d. 1789
Date:
ca. 1787
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper, pasted on mount
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 × 13 1/4 inches (48.2 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Illustration to Beaumont and Fletcher
Creator:
Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 7/8 x 4 inches (17.5 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
David Garrick, Esq.
Creator:
Print made by John Hall, 1739–1797
Date:
1773
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/4 × 3 7/16 inches (15.9 × 8.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker

27. Comedies

Comedies
Creator:
Print made by John Hall, 1739–1797
Date:
ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 3 9/16 inches (16.9 × 9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker
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
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
Miss Eliza Farren
Creator:
Print made by Joseph Collyer, 1748–1827
Date:
1788
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/8 x 9 9/16 inches (31.5 x 24.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
A Scene in "The Recruiting Officer"
Creator:
Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:
ca. 1739
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 3/16 inches (24.7 x 33.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Kitty Clive as Lady Easy in "The Careless Husband"
Creator:
Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:
1739
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 inches (27.6 × 33 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

33. Juliet

Juliet
Creator:
Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1745–ca.1809
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
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
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
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
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
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
Design for the Haymarket Theatre: "The Battle of Hexham", by Colman the Younger
Creator:
Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Contemporary drawn border: 14 x 18 5/8 inches (35.6 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Miss Ann Catley in the Character of Euphrosyne
Creator:
Print made by Robert Dunkarton, 1744–1811
Date:
1777
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches (40.3 x 30.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
The Tempest, Act I Sc. 3
Creator:
Print made by William Sharp, 1749–1824
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection
Caliban, from The Tempest
Creator:
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:
1775
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 x 13 3/4in. (43.2 x 34.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Gadshill

Gadshill
Creator:
Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1745–ca.1809
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 Tempest, Act V, Scene I
Creator:
Print made by Caroline Watson, 1760–1814
Date:
1795
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 3/4 × 18 7/8 inches (62.9 × 47.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Thomas King and Sophia Baddely in "The Clandestine Marriage"
Creator:
Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 3/4 x 22 5/8 inches (47.6 x 57.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Shakespeare's Prophecy, the Last Act by One in the Tempest, or the Jack Daws in Borrowed Feathers (from: Caricature, vol. 3)
Creator:
Isaac Cruikshank, 1764–1811
Date:
1795
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 17in. (25.4 x 43.2cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
Mr. Garrick and Miss Bellamy in the Characters of Romeo and Juliet
Creator:
Simon François Ravenet, 1706–1774
Date:
1753
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 7/8 × 21 5/8 inches (42.9 × 55 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
Miss Farren in the Character of Hermione
Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1781
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 3/8 x 16 1/4 inches (61.9 x 41.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mr. Foote and Mr. Weston in the Characters of the President and Dr. Last
Creator:
Print made by John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/8 x 22 3/8 inches (46 x 56.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mr. Foote in the Character of Major Sturgeon in "The Mayor of Garratt"
Creator:
Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:
1765
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 5/8 x 20 5/8 inches (44.8 x 52.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mr. Garrick in "The Farmer's Return"
Creator:
Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 x 19 7/8 inches (43.2 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
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
No cover image available
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/4 × 17 7/8 inches (40 × 45.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
No cover image available
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