Genre: literary theme / Subject Terms: armor / Associated People: Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet

1. 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

2. Falstaff and the recruits, from "Henry IV, Part II"

Creator:: John Cawse, 1779–1862
Date:: ca. 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/4 x 33 1/4 inches (64.1 x 84.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

3. The First Appearance of William Shakespeare on the Stage of the Globe Theatre

Creator:: George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1864 to 1865
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 7/8 x 21 7/8 inches (70.8 x 55.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

4. 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

5. Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard the Third - "Richard III," Act V, Scene VII

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1746
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 10 1/2in. (41.9 x 26.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

6. King Richard the Third: Act IV, Scene III (The Murder of the Princes in the Tower)

Creator:: Print made by Francis Legat, 1755–1809
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 5/8 × 16 1/2 inches (57.5 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Hamlet

Creator:: Print made by Charles Ansell, ca.1752–active 1790
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 x 15 3/16 inches (31.2 x 38.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. 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

9. Another Part of the Field: 'Henry IV Part I,' Act V, Scene IV

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: after 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/16 × 8 7/16 inches (15.7 × 21.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. The Dreams of the Youthful Shakespeare

Creator:: Print made by Augustus Fox, 1800–1876
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 3 15/16 inches (15.8 × 10 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

11. "Antony and Cleopatra," Act III, Scene XI

Creator:: Georg Goldberg, 1830–1894
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 1/16 inches (28.2 x 20.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. Romeo and Juliet: Act IV, Scene III (A Monument Belonging to the Capulets)

Creator:: Print made by Peter Simon, 1750–1810
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, etching, and aquatint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/8 × 29 3/8 inches (51.1 × 74.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Henry VI, Part III: Act I, Scene III, A Field of Battle betwixt Sandal Castle . . .

Creator:: Print made by Charles Gauthier Playter, died 1809
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, etching, and aquatint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 28 1/2 × 20 1/8 inches (72.4 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. King Richard III: Act III, Scene I (The Meeting of Edward V and His Brother, Richard, Duke of York)

Creator:: Print made by Robert Thew, 1758–1802
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and aquatint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/8 × 29 3/8 inches (51.1 × 74.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. King Henry VI, Part III: Act V, Scene VII (Queen Bess Presenting King Edward . . . with Their Infant Son)

Creator:: Print made by Jean B. Michel, active 1803
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 29 1/2 × 19 3/4 inches (74.9 × 50.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Taming of the Shrew. Katharine and Petruchio - The Modern Quixotte, or, What You Will

Creator:: Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 x 15 3/4 inches (22.9 x 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. King Richard the Second, Act V, Scene II (The Entrance of King Richard & Bolingbroke into London)

Creator:: Print made by Robert Thew, 1758–1802
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/8 × 29 1/2 inches (51.1 × 74.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Imogen's Bedchamber in Cymbeline's Palace, 'Cymbeline,' Act II, Scene II

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 13/16 x 16 3/4 inches (32.5 x 42.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Richard III: Act IV, Scene III, Tower of London

Creator:: Print made by William Skelton, 1763–1848
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 29 3/8 × 20 1/8 inches (74.6 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Apotheosis of Shakespeare's Characters

Creator:: Sir John Gilbert, 1817–1897
Date:: 1871
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, pen and black ink, and graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on wood panel
Dimensions:: Sheet: 41 x 28 inches (104.1 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. Lear in the Storm

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache and scraping, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, peach wove paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 30 1/16 x 24 15/16 inches (76.3 x 63.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

22. The Murder of Banquo

Creator:: George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/16 × 10 1/2 inches (18.2 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Hamlet and the Ghost

Creator:: George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 8 5/16 inches (17.4 x 21.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. Sketch for the Passions: Pride

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:: ca. 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/8 inches (36.8 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Hamlet and the Ghost

Creator:: William Marshall Craig, 1763 or 1764–1829
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with watercolor and gray wash on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 x 8 3/16 inches (27.2 x 20.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

26. Macbeth and the Apparition of the Armed Head

Creator:: William Marshall Craig, 1763 or 1764–1829
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with gray wash and watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/16 × 8 15/16 inches (28.1 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

27. Macbeth and the Witch

Creator:: George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 3/4 inches (19.1 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

28. The Apparition of the Armed Head: Macbeth

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite, with scraping on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 × 13 inches (40.6 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Alcibiades and Timon

Creator:: Richard Westall, 1765–1836
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 10 1/16 inches (33.3 × 25.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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

2. Falstaff and the recruits, from "Henry IV, Part II"

3. The First Appearance of William Shakespeare on the Stage of the Globe Theatre

4. Falstaff with the Body of Hotspur

5. Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard the Third - "Richard III," Act V, Scene VII

6. King Richard the Third: Act IV, Scene III (The Murder of the Princes in the Tower)

7. Hamlet

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

9. Another Part of the Field: 'Henry IV Part I,' Act V, Scene IV

10. The Dreams of the Youthful Shakespeare

11. "Antony and Cleopatra," Act III, Scene XI

12. Romeo and Juliet: Act IV, Scene III (A Monument Belonging to the Capulets)

13. Henry VI, Part III: Act I, Scene III, A Field of Battle betwixt Sandal Castle . . .

14. King Richard III: Act III, Scene I (The Meeting of Edward V and His Brother, Richard, Duke of York)

15. King Henry VI, Part III: Act V, Scene VII (Queen Bess Presenting King Edward . . . with Their Infant Son)

16. Taming of the Shrew. Katharine and Petruchio - The Modern Quixotte, or, What You Will

17. King Richard the Second, Act V, Scene II (The Entrance of King Richard & Bolingbroke into London)

18. Imogen's Bedchamber in Cymbeline's Palace, 'Cymbeline,' Act II, Scene II

19. Richard III: Act IV, Scene III, Tower of London

20. Apotheosis of Shakespeare's Characters

21. Lear in the Storm

22. The Murder of Banquo

23. Hamlet and the Ghost

24. Sketch for the Passions: Pride

25. Hamlet and the Ghost

26. Macbeth and the Apparition of the Armed Head

27. Macbeth and the Witch

28. The Apparition of the Armed Head: Macbeth

29. Alcibiades and Timon