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Prints and Drawings
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Hoare, Mary, 1744–1820
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Sayer, Robert, 1725–1794
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Fisher, Edward, 1722–1785
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Barry, James, 1741–1806
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Zoffany, Johann, 1733–1810
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Dixon, John, ca. 1740–1811
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Green, Valentine, 1739–1813
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Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740–1779
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On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Free to Use
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Classification
Prints
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Drawings & Watercolors
8
Creator Gender
male
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female
7
Collective Title
The Vicar of Wakefield
5
King Lear
2
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2
The Tempest
1
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
1
The Winter's Tale
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Period
18th century
17
Materials & Techniques
laid paper
13
graphite
7
mezzotint
7
scraping
7
watercolor
7
black ink
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wove paper
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brown ink
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gouache
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pen
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intaglio print
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watercolor
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drawing
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literary theme
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portrait
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figure study
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marine art
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plays by William Shakespeare
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cloak
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gesturing
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woman
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The Vicar of Wakefield (1766)
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illustration
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posing
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King Lear, play by William Shakespeare
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buttons
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curls
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dress
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man
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oval
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portrait
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cape
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cloaks
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coast
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magic
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Associated Places
Bohemia
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Czech Republic
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Europe
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Cordelia (character in King Lear)
4
King Lear (character in King Lear)
4
Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright
2
Goldsmith, Oliver (1728?–1774), author
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The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth)
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Abel Drugger (character in The Alchemist)
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Antigonus (character in The Winter's Tale)
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Ariel (character in The Tempest)
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Ferdinand (character in The Tempest)
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Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth)
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Ophelia (character in Hamlet)
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Perdita (character in The Winter's Tale)
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Exhibition History
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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The Creative Printmaker (Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Museum of Art, 1986-03-05 - 1986-04-20)
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The Creative Printmaker (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-07-09 - 1985-09-01)
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English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (National Gallery of Canada, 1985-02-26 - 1985-05-10)
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English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (The Library of Congress, 1984-11-13 - 1985-02-26)
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English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985-06-04 - 1985-09-05)
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English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-09-01 - 1985-11-13)
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James Barry - Tate (Tate Britain, 1983-02-09 - 1983-03-20)
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James Gillray and the Art of Caricature (Tate Britain, 2001-07-07 - 2001-09-02)
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The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
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The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
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The Romantic Print in Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Carnegie Museum of Art, 2004-02-14 - 2004-05-09)
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The Romantic Print in the Age of Revolutions: Hero, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-06-01)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Literary Characters Assembled Around the Medallion of Shakespeare
1776
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Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Angelina
1776
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Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Edwin
1776
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Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Burchell Reading the Ballad
1776
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Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Lucilia
1776
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Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Edwin
1776
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Print finished by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Garrick as Abel Drugger in "The Alchemist"
1776
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Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Pritchard, in the Tragedy of 'Macbeth.' Act II. Scene III
1776
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James Barry, 1741–1806
King Lear and Cordelia, Act V, Scene 10
1776
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Print made by James Barry, 1741–1806
King Lear and Cordelia
1776
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
The Three Witches from Macbeth: Though the Bark Cannot be Lost..
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Lear and Cordelia
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
The Apparition of the Armed Head: Macbeth
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Antigonus Disposing of Perdita
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Lear and Cordelia
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Ophelia's Death
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Ferdinand and Ariel
ca. 1781