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Prints and Drawings
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Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
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Dean, John, 1754–1798
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Hoppner, John, 1758–1810
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Ryley, Charles Reuben, 1752–1798
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Bell, John, 1745–1831
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Collings, Samuel, active 1784–1795
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De, Wilde Samuel, 1748–1832
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Fuseli, Henry, 1741–1825
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Macklin, Thomas, active 1779–1793
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Martin, William, 1753–c.1836
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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
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Stuart, Gilbert, 1755–1828
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
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Tomkins, Peltro William, 1760–1840
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On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
8
Not on view
3
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Free to Use
11
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Available
11
Classification
Prints
6
Paintings
3
Drawings & Watercolors
2
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male
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Collective Title
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2
King Lear
1
Othello
1
Period
18th century
11
Materials & Techniques
laid paper
7
etching (printing process)
3
mezzotint
3
oil paint
3
painting (technique)
3
black ink
2
canvas
2
stipple engraving
2
beeswax
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brown wash
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graphite
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gray wash
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millboard
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watercolor
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intaglio print
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painting
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literary theme
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portrait
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genre subject
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costume
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gesture
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woman
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women
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men
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plays by William Shakespeare
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portrait
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The Vicar of Wakefield (1766)
2
basket
2
book
2
children
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curls
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curtains
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drapery
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fichu
2
gown
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man
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United Kingdom
2
Auchinleck
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East Ayrshire
1
England
1
Scotland
1
Wakefield
1
Associated People
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
4
The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth)
2
Caroline de Lichtfield (character)
1
Henderson, John (bap. 1747, d. 1785), British actor and draftsman
1
Hoppner, Phoebe (d. 1786)
1
Iago (character in Othello, the Moor of Venice)
1
Imogen (character in Cymbeline)
1
Jachimo
1
Julia de Roubigné (character)
1
King Lear (character in King Lear)
1
Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth)
1
Exhibition History
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
2
George Stubbs (1724-1806) Tate Gallery (Tate Britain, 1984-10-17 - 1985-01-06)
1
George Stubbs (1724-1806) Tate Gallery (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-02-13 - 1985-04-07)
1
George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2000-02-14 - 2000-05-15)
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George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-04-30 - 1999-09-05)
1
Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
1
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
1
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
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William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
1
William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)
1
William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
1
William Blake - The Artist (Tate Britain, 2019-09-11 - 2020-02-20)
1
William Blake [Butlin] (Tate Britain, 1978-03-08 - 1978-05-21)
1
William Blake [Butlin] (Whitworth Art Gallery, 1978-06-10 - 1978-07-15)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
7
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
3
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection
1
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
The Farmer's Wife and the Raven
1786
Not on view
2
Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752–1798
'The Vicar of Wakefield,' Vol. II, Chap. III: The Return of Olivia
1786
Not on view
3
Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752–1798
'The Vicar of Wakefield,' Vol. I, Chap. VIII: Dining in the Hayfields' (Surprised by Mr. Thornhill's Chaplain)
1786
Not on view
4
William Blake, 1757–1827
Tiriel Supporting the Dying Myratana and Cursing His Sons
1786 to 1789
5
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
The Journalist, with a view of Auchinleck or the Land of Stones
1786
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Peltro W. Tomkins, 1760–1840
The Three Witches
1786
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Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Miss Crockatt as Julia de Roubigné
1786
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Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Phoebe Hoppner as Caroline de Lichtfield
1786
9
Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Head of a Man with a Beard and Long Hair in the Wind
1786
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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Imogen's Bedchamber in Cymbeline's Palace, 'Cymbeline,' Act II, Scene II
1786
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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
John Henderson as Iago
1786