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Sketchbook Drawing
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund
Lear Awakened by Cordelia
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
between 1774 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/16 x 19 5/16 inches (30.7 x 49 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
The Witches' Cavern
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
1792-1793
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 5/8 x 9 3/16 inches (14.3 x 23.3 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
MacBeth at the Witches' Cave: Second Visit, or Canidia and the Youth, or The Opening of the Ark
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 7/8 x 7 inches (12.4 x 17.8 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
The Banquet Scene
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 x 8 3/16 inches (14 x 20.8 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
Witches' Cavern: MacBeth's Second Visit
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches (14.3 x 21.9 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
MacBeth: Banquet Scene
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 5/8 x 6 3/4 inches (14.3 x 17.1 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
MacBeth: Banquet Scene
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 5/8 x 8 3/8 inches (14.3 x 21.3 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
MacBeth at the Witches' Cave: Second Visit
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 5/8 x 9 1/8 inches (14.3 x 23.2 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
MacBeth: Banquet Scene
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 5/8 x 8 1/8 inches (14.3 x 20.6 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
MacBeth: Banquet Scene
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/8 x 7 3/8 inches (13 x 18.7 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
MacBeth: Banquet Scene
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 5/8 x 7 5/8 inches (11.7 x 19.4 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
Tempest, Version A
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite; verso: gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches (15.6 x 19.7 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery
Sketch for Canidia and the Youth
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite; verso: gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches (15.6 x 19.7 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery
Abandonment and Rescue of Perdita from "The Winter's Tale" (Tampered with but Not Fake)
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 x 20 5/8 inches (38.1 x 52.4 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery
Lear Awakened by Cordelia
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
ca. 1774
Materials & Techniques:
Brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 15/16 x 19 5/16 inches (38 x 49 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
Three Studies of a Standing Woman, Possibly Lady MacBeth
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/4 x 8 inches (15.9 x 20.3 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
Sketchbook Drawing
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund
Sketchbook Drawing
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund
Sketchbook Drawing
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund
Sketchbook Drawing
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund
Sketchbook Drawing
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund
Exit Pursued by a Bear, or "The Abandonment of Perdita" from "The Winter's Tale"
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches (14.3 x 13.7 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
Birth of Man
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 inches (13.7 x 17.8 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
'The Triumph of Mercy,' from Collins' 'Ode To Mercy'
Creator:
William Artaud, 1763–1823
Date:
1788 to 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
95 x 80 1/2 inches (241.3 x 204.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
'The Vicar of Wakefield,' Vol. II, Chap. III: The Return of Olivia
Creator:
Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752–1798
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
11 x 13 3/4 inches (27.9 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
'The Vicar of Wakefield,' Vol. I, Chap. VIII: Dining in the Hayfields' (Surprised by Mr. Thornhill's Chaplain)
Creator:
Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752–1798
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
11 x 13 3/4 inches (27.9 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Imogen and the Shepherds, 'Cymbeline,' Act IV, scene II
Creator:
James Smetham, 1821–1889
Date:
ca. 1874
Materials & Techniques:
Oil over ink on panel
Dimensions:
4 3/4 x 12 9/16 inches (12.1 x 31.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
"The Lady of Shalott"
Creator:
John Atkinson Grimshaw, 1836–1893
Date:
ca. 1875
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
24 × 36 inches (61 × 91.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Pamela Askew
On View:
Not on view
Sleepest or Wakest Thou?
Creator:
Print made by Richard Ansdell, 1815–1885
Date:
ca. 1853
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/4 × 5 7/8 inches (10.8 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Virgilia and Volumnia Plead with Coriolanus
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Brown wash with gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/4 x 12 1/8 inches (29.8 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Taming of the Shrew
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
1821
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/8 x 11 5/8 inches (43.5 x 29.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

533. Tempest

Tempest
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
1821
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 x 7 1/2 inches (27.9 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration
Creator:
Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 15/16 × 6 11/16 inches (10 × 17 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration
Creator:
Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 9/16 × 5 5/8 inches (9 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration
Creator:
Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/8 × 3 3/4 inches (16.2 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration
Creator:
Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slight textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 7/8 × 3 3/4 inches (14.9 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
King Lear and Cordelia, Act V, Scene 10
Creator:
James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:
1776
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and aquatint; touched with india ink
Dimensions:
Plate: 21 7/8 x 20 1/8in. (55.6 x 51.1cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
King Lear and Cordelia
Creator:
Print made by James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:
1776
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and aquatint with India ink, published state
Dimensions:
Plate: 21 7/8 x 21 5/8 inches (55.6 x 54.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration
Creator:
Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/16 × 3 15/16 inches (16 × 10 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration
Creator:
Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash, brown wash, and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 3/4 × 3 1/16 inches (12.1 × 7.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Scene from the play, "The Careless Husband"
Creator:
Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 1/4 inches (14 × 8.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Bolton Abbey
Creator:
Print made by Robert Wallis, 1794–1878
Date:
1833
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving with chine-collé on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/4 × 6 3/8 inches (29.8 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Martin D'Arcy Gallery of Art from the bequest of Mr. and Mrs. John Estabrook
Overthrow of Dr. Slop
Creator:
Print made by Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:
between 1773 and 1817
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 5/16 x 17 11/16 inches (28.7 x 45 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Damnation of Obadiah
Creator:
Print made by Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:
between 1773 and 1817
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 13/16 x 17 1/2 inches (27.5 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Battle of the Cataplasm
Creator:
Print made by Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:
between 1773 and 1817
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/8 x 17 3/4 inches (28.2 x 45.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Siege of Namur
Creator:
Print made by Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:
between 1773 and 1817
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/4 x 17 13/16 inches (28.5 x 45.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Procris and Cephalus
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Goff Lupton, 1791–1873
Date:
1864
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; finished state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/8 × 18 inches (34 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Aesacus and Hesperie
Creator:
Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:
1896
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/4 × 17 1/8 inches (31.1 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Pan and Syrinx
Creator:
Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:
1896
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/8 × 17 inches (30.8 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Pan and Syrinx
Creator:
Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:
1896
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 16 1/4 inches (29.2 × 41.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sir Gareth and Lady Lionesse
Creator:
David Jones, 1895–1974
Date:
ca. 1940
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 1/4 x 19 inches (61.6 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Miss Crockatt as Julia de Roubigné
Creator:
Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 13/16 x 11 7/16 inches (37.7 x 29 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Miss Kitty Fisher as 'Cleopatra Dissolving the Pearl'
Creator:
Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
between 1752 and 1763
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 7/16 x 9 3/8 inches (34.2 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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
Phoebe Hoppner as Caroline de Lichtfield
Creator:
Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 5/16 x 11 9/16 inches (36.3 x 29.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Mrs. Michael Angelo Taylor as 'Miranda'
Creator:
Print made by James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:
ca. 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 25 1/4 × 18 1/8 inches (64.1 × 46 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
David Garrick as Richard III
Creator:
Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 26 1/4 × 17 1/8 inches (66.7 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Mrs. Gwynne and Mrs. Bunbury in the Characters of the Merry Wives of Windsor
Creator:
Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:
1780
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/16 × 11 5/16 inches (31.2 × 28.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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
La Signora Zamperini in the Character of Cecchina
Creator:
Print made by John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 7/16 x 11 5/16 inches (39.2 x 28.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"
Creator:
Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:
ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and gray ink, gray wash, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 9/16 x 2 13/16in. (11.6 x 7.1cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Wilmarth S. Lewis, B.A. 1918
One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"
Creator:
Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:
ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and gray ink, gray wash, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 5/8 x 2 7/8in. (11.7 x 7.3cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Wilmarth S. Lewis, B.A. 1918
One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"
Creator:
Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:
ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and gray ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 3/4 x 2 15/16in. (12.1 x 7.5cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Wilmarth S. Lewis, B.A. 1918
One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"
Creator:
Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:
ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and gray ink, graphite, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 11/16 x 2 7/8in. (11.9 x 7.3cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Wilmarth S. Lewis, B.A. 1918
One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"
Creator:
Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:
ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and gray ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 9/16 x 2 13/16in. (11.6 x 7.1cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Wilmarth S. Lewis, B.A. 1918
One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"
Creator:
Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:
ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and gray ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 9/16 x 2 7/8in. (11.6 x 7.3cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Wilmarth S. Lewis, B.A. 1918
Mrs. Pope as Juliet
Creator:
Print made by William Ward, 1766–1826
Date:
ca. 1804
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 × 12 inches (40.6 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

569. Sigismunda

Sigismunda
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Date:
1779
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/16 × 10 3/16 inches (33.5 × 25.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

570. Sigismonda

Sigismonda
Creator:
Print made by John Blackmore, active 1740–1780
Date:
between 1769 and 1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 7/8 x 12 13/16 inches (42.8 x 32.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Study for The Wedding Feast of Sir Degrevaunt
Creator:
Edward Burne-Jones, 1833–1898
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 15 1/4 × 17 7/8 inches (38.7 × 45.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
The Land of Beulah
Creator:
Edward Burne-Jones, 1833–1898
Date:
1881
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 7/8 x 11 3/8 inches (20 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
The Prisoner of Chillon Entreating his Jailors to Bury His Brother Where the Sun Might Fall Upon His Grave
Creator:
Ford Madox Brown, 1821–1893
Date:
1858
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite and pastel on medium, slightly textured cream wove paper mounted to thick, gray card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/8 × 3 7/8 inches (13.7 × 9.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Illustration for Don Quixote (with figures on a donkey)
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 x 4in. (12.7 x 10.2cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Illustration for Don Quixote, Two Figures at a Table
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 x 3 1/2in. (7.6 x 8.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Malvolio Dancing
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
1827
Materials & Techniques:
Black ink with brown wash and oil on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 inches (13 x 9.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
She Never Told Her Love, But Sat Like Patience on a Monument
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
1827
Materials & Techniques:
Brown ink with brown wash and gouache and oil on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 inches (13 x 9.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Scenes from an Eastern Romance [Arabian Nights]
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Oil and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted to medium, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/8 × 3 inches (10.5 × 7.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
'The Gamester,' Act V, Scene IV
Creator:
James Fittler, 1758–1835
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 1/16 inches (14 × 7.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker

580. 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

581. Phryne

Phryne
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pastel, graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 5 3/8 inches (25.1 × 13.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift
Dog and the Shadow
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Bewick, 1753–1828
Date:
1909
Materials & Techniques:
Wood-engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/16 x 4 1/8 inches (8.1 x 10.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Prospero Conjuring a Masque for Ferdinand and Miranda
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
ca. 1810
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 15/16 x 6 9/16 inches (12.6 x 16.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Viola and Olivia
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
1822
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 9/16 x 4 3/8 inches (16.7 x 11.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Stephano and Trinculo with Caliban
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
1821
Materials & Techniques:
Brown wash with gouache and oil over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 x 4 1/4 inches (15.2 x 10.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Claudio and Isabella
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
1823
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/8 x 4 inches (13 x 10.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ferdinand Reunited with his Father
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
1821
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 15/16 x 4 5/16 inches (15.1 x 11 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Feste, as Sir Topas, addressing Malvolio
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
1822
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil, partly varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 9/16 x 4 5/16 inches (16.7 x 11 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Malvolio abusing Maria, Fabian and Sir Toby
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
1822
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil, partly varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/8 x 4 5/16 inches (15.5 x 11 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Christopher Sly and the Page, as His Wife
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
1821
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 7/16 x 4 7/16 inches (16.3 x 11.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Capulet Railing at his Daughter, Juliet
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
1825
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/16 x 4 1/2 inches (16.1 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Katherina and Grumio
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
1821
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, oil, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream beige paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/8 x 4 3/8in. (16.2 x 11.1cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Lady Mortimer's Welsh Song
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
1825
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 15/16 x 4 5/16 inches (17.7 x 11 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Isabella and Mariana Kneeling Before the Duke
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
1822
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/8 x 4 inches (13 x 10.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Falstaff with Mistress Quickly and Bardolph
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
1825
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 x 4 3/8 inches (15.3 x 11.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ford in a Rage After Seeing Falstaff
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
1821
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 15/16 x 4 1/2 inches (15.1 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Juliet About to Take her Sleeping Draught
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
1825
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (16.5 x 11.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Falstaff at Herne's Oak
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
1821
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 5/16 x 4 1/2 inches (18.6 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Master William Page and Sir Hugh Evans
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
1821
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 5/16 x 4 1/2 inches (18.5 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Hotspur and the Plotters at Bangor
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
1825
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 x 5 inches (16.8 x 12.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection