Genre: portrait / Subject Terms: actress / Classification: Prints

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. Miss Farren

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving (fifth state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/4 × 14 1/4 inches (56.5 × 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

5. 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

6. Margaret Woffington as Mrs. Ford in "The Merry Wives of Windsor"

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1751
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 14 inches (50.2 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

7. Miss Elliot

Creator:: Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 × 15 5/8 inches (63.5 × 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. Mrs. Elizabeth Hartley

Creator:: Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 13/16 x 11 15/16 inches (37.7 x 30.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. Mary Dickinson as the Country Girl

Creator:: Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 9/16 x 9 3/16 inches (29.3 x 23.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. Dame Ellen Terry (1848-1928)

Creator:: Print made by Sir William Rothenstein, 1872–1945
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 9in. (26 x 22.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Miss Anna Crouch

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:: Mount: 12 11/16 x 8 5/8 inches (32.2 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. 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

17. 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

18. Miss Anna Brunton

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 3 7/8 inches (14.9 × 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Mrs. Siddons

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches (25.7 x 19.7 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
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. 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

22. Ellen Terry

Creator:: Print made by Edward Anthony Carrick, 1905–1998
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving on medium, smooth, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches (19.7 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. Mary Robinson

Creator:: Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 x 12 13/16 inches (44.1 x 32.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. Mrs. Abington as 'the Comic Muse'

2. Mrs. Abington as 'Roxana'

3. Mrs. Abington

4. Miss Farren

5. Miss Eliza Farren

6. Margaret Woffington as Mrs. Ford in "The Merry Wives of Windsor"

7. Miss Elliot

8. Mrs. Elizabeth Hartley

9. Mary Dickinson as the Country Girl

10. Dame Ellen Terry (1848-1928)

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

12. Mrs. Frances Abington (née Barton)

13. Mrs. Frances Abington, (née Barton)

14. Mrs. Frances Abington (née Barton)

15. Miss Anna Crouch

16. Miss Farren in the Character of Hermione

17. Mrs. Abington as Thalia

18. Miss Anna Brunton

19. Mrs. Siddons

20. Mrs. Abington

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22. Ellen Terry

23. Mrs. Abington As Thalia

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