Subject Terms: performance - YCBA Collections Search Search Results

1. 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

2. Rehearsal of an opera

Creator:: Marco Ricci, 1676–1729
Date:: ca. 1709
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 x 22 inches (48.3 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Rehearsal of an opera

Creator:: Marco Ricci, 1676–1729
Date:: ca. 1709
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/4 × 22 3/4 inches (46.4 × 57.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. 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

5. 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

6. Henry Woodward as Petruchio in Catherine and Petruchio, a version by Garrick of "The Taming of the Shrew"

Creator:: Benjamin van der Gucht, 1753–1794
Date:: between 1773 and 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Samuel Thomas Russell in Samuel Foote's "The Mayor of Garratt"

Creator:: Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Date:: between 1810 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches (62.2 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. The Trapeze

Creator:: Walter Richard Sickert, 1860–1942
Date:: ca. 1920
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/2 x 32 inches (62.2 x 81.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Captain Macheath Upbraided by Polly and Lucy in the 'Beggar's Opera', 1826

Creator:: Gilbert Stuart Newton, 1794–1835
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 x 47 1/2 inches (96.5 x 120.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. 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

11. Interior View of Westminster Abbey on the Commemoration of Handel, Taken from the Manager's Box

Creator:: Edward Edwards, 1738–1806
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 3/8 x 40 inches (128 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. 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

13. Ballet Scene from "On the Sands"

Creator:: Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878–1914
Date:: 1910
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 × 20 inches (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

14. 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

15. 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

16. The Seven Ages of Man: Second Childishness, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and ink and oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

17. 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

18. 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

19. Oberon and Titania from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Act IV, Scene i

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: 5 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (14.6 x 14 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

20. The Seven Ages of Man: The Lover, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

21. 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

22. The Seven Ages of Man: The Soldier, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

23. The Seven Ages of Man: The Justice, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

24. The Seven Ages of Man: The Pantaloon, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

25. 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

26. Falstaff at Herne's Oak, from "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Act V, Scene v

Creator:: James Stephanoff, 1787–1874
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 17 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches (44.5 x 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

27. 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

28. Portrait of Mr. Van Amburgh, As He Appeared with His Animals at the London Theatres

Creator:: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873
Date:: Summer 1846 to March 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 69 1/4 x 94 inches (175.9 x 238.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

29. Stage Design for Heart of Midlothian; Deans' Cottage

Creator:: Alexander Nasmyth, 1758–1840
Date:: ca. 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 x 15 1/4 inches (27.9 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

30. The Nautch Dancers

Creator:: Print made by Charles William Cain, 1893–1962
Date:: ca. 1925
Materials & Techniques:: Drypoint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 19 1/16 inches (39.3 x 48.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Judith Zlotsky

31. Trio

Creator:: Print made by John Copley, 1875–1950
Date:: 1940
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint with gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 x 15 5/8 inches (35.9 x 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

32. 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

33. "The Indian Emperor" or "The Conquest of Mexico"

Creator:: Robert Dodd, 1748–1816
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 11/16 x 21 1/2in. (44.9 x 54.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Gift of David Bindman

34. Burmese Dancers

Creator:: Print made by Charles William Cain, 1893–1962
Date:: between 1920 and 1924
Materials & Techniques:: Drypoint on moderately thick, slightly textured, greened white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 9/16 x 18 3/4 inches (37 x 47.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

35. Interior of the New Bedford

Creator:: Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878–1914
Date:: between 1908 and 1909
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk and graphite, squared for transfer on medium, slightly textured, mauve wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 inches (36.8 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

36. A Raree Show

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: between 1792 and 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 6 1/4 inches (19.4 × 15.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Diana Coope During a Performance of The Miracle; Diana Resting

Creator:: Arthur Rackham, 1869–1939
Date:: 1926
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 13 15/16 inches (15.2 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Charles Parson

38. Mr. Wilkinson as Michael in Free & Easy

Creator:: Print made by Robert Cooper, ca. 1800–1836
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, line engraving, and etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 × 7 11/16 inches (27.1 × 19.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Doret, Yale BA 1968, and Linda Mitchell

39. Flying at Hendon

Creator:: Tony Sarg, 1880–1942
Date:: 1914
Materials & Techniques:: Chromolithograph on board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 38 3/8 x 23 1/2 inches (97.5 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965

40. 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

41. The Show

Creator:: Print made by Rowney & Forster, active 1820–1822
Date:: after 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 12 1/4 inches (22.3 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Liverpool, the Cavern

Creator:: Lewis Morley, 1925–2013
Date:: 1960s
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on resin-coated photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy

43. 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

44. Vauxhall Gardens

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 1/16 x 20 11/16 inches (38.3 x 52.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Gypsy Chorus, Granada

Creator:: Sir William Russell Flint, 1880–1969
Date:: 1931
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 x 15 5/8 inches (27.2 x 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

46. The Rustics Perform from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Creator:: John Massey Wright, 1777–1866
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 11/16 x 9 9/16 inches (14.4 x 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

47. 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

48. 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

49. 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

50. Girls Singing

Creator:: Print made by Pieter van den Berge, active 1689–1737
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 1/4 inches (35.5 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

51. The Musician

Creator:: Print made by Johann Lorenz Haid, 1702–1750
Date:: 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 11 1/8 inches (36.9 x 28.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

52. The Musician

Creator:: Print made by Johann Lorenz Haid, 1702–1750
Date:: 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 x 14 7/16 inches (51.5 x 36.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

53. A Scene from "The Abbot"

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 7 1/8 inches (23.5 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Everett V. Meeks, Fund

54. 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

55. 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

56. The Ragged Concert

Creator:: Print made by Richard Brookshaw, 1736–1804
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/16 x 10 3/16 inches (35.7 x 25.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

57. 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

58. 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

59. Hamlet in Scotland

Creator:: Print made by Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches (28.6 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

60. The Theatrical Bubble: Being a New Specimen of the Astonishing Powers of the Great Politico-Punchinello, in the art of Dramatic Puffing

Creator:: Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/16 x 10 inches (36.7 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

61. 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

62. 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

63. 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

64. A Choral Band

Creator:: Print made by Lydia Bates, active 1784
Date:: ca. 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 9/16 x 16 3/4 inches (29.4 x 42.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

65. 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

66. Mrs. Abington

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 11 3/4 inches (19.7 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Study of a Pianist and Bass Player

Creator:: Walter Richard Sickert, 1860–1942
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 x 11 1/4 inches (40.3 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Strephon and Chloe

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 x 13 1/16 inches (25.5 x 33.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. The Cotillion Dance

Creator:: Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 × 13 9/16 inches (25.5 × 34.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. A Negroes Dance in the Island of Dominica

Creator:: Print made by Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/16 x 19 7/8 inches (33.8 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Griffin and Johnson

Creator:: Print made by Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764
Date:: 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 5/16 x 12 3/8 inches (46.5 x 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

72. Four Children on a Stage

Creator:: Adelaide Claxton, 1858–1905
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 9 1/4in. (15.2 x 23.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

73. A Negroes Dance in the Island of Dominica

Creator:: Print made by Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 x 15 3/4 inches (33.4 x 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Punch

Creator:: Print made by Rowney & Forster, active 1820–1822
Date:: after 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 13/16 × 12 9/16 inches (22.4 × 31.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. 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

76. 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

77. 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

78. 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

79. Dancing Bear with Its Keeper, Piper, and Audience of One

Creator:: James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 x 13 1/16 inches (26.9 x 33.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

2. Rehearsal of an opera

3. Rehearsal of an opera

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

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

6. Henry Woodward as Petruchio in Catherine and Petruchio, a version by Garrick of "The Taming of the Shrew"

7. Samuel Thomas Russell in Samuel Foote's "The Mayor of Garratt"

8. The Trapeze

9. Captain Macheath Upbraided by Polly and Lucy in the 'Beggar's Opera', 1826

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

11. Interior View of Westminster Abbey on the Commemoration of Handel, Taken from the Manager's Box

12. Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia

13. Ballet Scene from "On the Sands"

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

15. The Return of Othello, 'Othello,' Act II, Scene II

16. The Seven Ages of Man: Second Childishness, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

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

18. David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in "Romeo and Juliet", Act V, Scene iii

19. Oberon and Titania from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Act IV, Scene i

20. The Seven Ages of Man: The Lover, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

21. Shylock and Tubal from "The Merchant of Venice"

22. The Seven Ages of Man: The Soldier, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

23. The Seven Ages of Man: The Justice, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

24. The Seven Ages of Man: The Pantaloon, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

25. Portia and Shylock, from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice", IV, i

26. Falstaff at Herne's Oak, from "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Act V, Scene v

27. Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia

28. Portrait of Mr. Van Amburgh, As He Appeared with His Animals at the London Theatres

29. Stage Design for Heart of Midlothian; Deans' Cottage

30. The Nautch Dancers

31. Trio

32. Mr. Edwin and Mrs. Wells in the Characters of Lingo and Cowslip

33. "The Indian Emperor" or "The Conquest of Mexico"

34. Burmese Dancers

35. Interior of the New Bedford

36. A Raree Show

37. Diana Coope During a Performance of The Miracle; Diana Resting

38. Mr. Wilkinson as Michael in Free & Easy

39. Flying at Hendon

40. Mrs. Abington as Thalia

41. The Show

42. Liverpool, the Cavern

43. A Man doing the Splits

44. Vauxhall Gardens

45. Gypsy Chorus, Granada

46. The Rustics Perform from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

47. Mrs. Abington As Thalia

48. Mrs. Abington

49. Mrs. Abington

50. Girls Singing

51. The Musician

52. The Musician

53. A Scene from "The Abbot"

54. Mrs. Abington as 'the Comic Muse'

55. Mrs. Abington

56. The Ragged Concert

57. Mrs. Frances Abington, (née Barton)

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

59. Hamlet in Scotland

60. The Theatrical Bubble: Being a New Specimen of the Astonishing Powers of the Great Politico-Punchinello, in the art of Dramatic Puffing

61. Mrs. Frances Abington (née Barton)

62. Mrs. Frances Abington (née Barton)

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

64. A Choral Band

65. Mrs. Abington as 'Roxana'

66. Mrs. Abington

67. Study of a Pianist and Bass Player

68. Strephon and Chloe

69. The Cotillion Dance

70. A Negroes Dance in the Island of Dominica

71. Griffin and Johnson

72. Four Children on a Stage

73. A Negroes Dance in the Island of Dominica

74. Punch

75. Mrs. Abington as Thalia