Skip to splash images
Yale Center for British Art Home Page
<< YCBA Home
Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art
<< YCBA Home
Welcome to YCBA Collections Online
The museum is closed for building conservation. We regret that we are unable to accept orders for new collections photography until January 2025.
    Search Options:
Search in
Simple Search
All Fields
Title
Creator
Subject Terms
Call Number
Search Provenance
Fielded
search for
Search
YCBA Collections Search
Toggle facets
Refine your search
Collection
Prints and Drawings
1
Creator
Smirke, Robert, 1752â1845
1
Date
1749
293
0
112
1738
71
1745
44
1717
37
1790
32
1804
27
1730
25
1642
22
1789
22
1628
19
1765
15
1650
14
1910
14
1728
13
1753
13
1755
13
1791
13
1893
13
1748
12
1700
10
1768
10
1770
10
1772
10
1775
9
1784
9
1756
8
1795
8
1809
8
1747
7
1769
7
1776
7
1788
7
1800
7
1690
6
1729
6
1746
6
1759
6
1764
6
1780
6
1785
6
1825
6
1655
5
1699
5
1715
5
1773
5
1782
5
1694
4
1710
4
1766
4
1774
4
1792
4
1793
4
1799
4
1802
4
1810
4
1873
4
1675
3
1712
3
1722
3
1725
3
1743
3
1787
3
1801
3
1806
3
1835
3
1588
2
1674
2
1701
2
1703
2
1709
2
1734
2
1739
2
1740
2
1750
2
1751
2
1757
2
1760
2
1767
2
1771
2
1781
2
1783
2
1807
2
1808
2
1812
2
1817
2
1833
2
1836
2
1842
2
1855
2
1865
2
1880
2
1882
2
1899
2
1903
2
1907
2
1912
2
1923
2
1926
2
1928
2
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
1
Image Use
Free to Use
1
Image Available
Available
1
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
1
Creator Gender
male
1
Collective Title
Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
1
The Tempest
1
Period
19th century
1
Materials & Techniques
brown ink
1
brown wash
1
gouache
1
graphite
1
gum
1
laid paper
[remove]
1
pen
1
Height [cm]
15
1
Width [cm]
12
1
Work Type
drawing
1
Genre
figure study
[remove]
1
literary theme
1
Subject Terms
The Tempest, play by William Shakespeare
1
beach
1
drapery
1
figure study
1
hat
1
literary theme
1
magician
1
man
1
ocean
1
plays by William Shakespeare
1
spirit
1
staff
1
togas
1
Associated People
Ariel (character in The Tempest)
1
Prospero (character in The Tempest)
1
Shakespeare, William (1564â1616), playwright and poet
1
Exhibition History
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
1
Search Constraints
Start Over
You searched for:
Materials & Techniques
laid paper
Remove constraint Materials & Techniques: laid paper
Date
1821
Remove constraint Date: 1821
Genre
figure study
Remove constraint Genre: figure study
1
entry found
Sort by collection
collection
relevance
artist (A-Z)
date
title (A-Z)
Number of results to display per page
100 per page
100
per page
50
per page
15
per page
View results as:
List
Masonry
Search Results
1
Robert Smirke, 1752â1845
Prospero and Ariel
1821