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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
1
Fuseli, Henry, 1741–1825
1
Macklin, Thomas, active 1779–1793
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Martin, William, 1753–c.1836
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Romney, George, 1734–1802
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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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1797
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Prints
6
Drawings & Watercolors
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Creator Gender
male
12
Collective Title
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2
King Lear
1
Othello
1
Period
18th century
12
Materials & Techniques
laid paper
8
etching (printing process)
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mezzotint
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oil paint
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painting (technique)
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black ink
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canvas
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graphite
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stipple engraving
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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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costume
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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)
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basket
2
book
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children
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curls
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curtains
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drapery
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fichu
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United Kingdom
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Auchinleck
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East Ayrshire
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England
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Scotland
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Wakefield
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
5
The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth)
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Caroline de Lichtfield (character)
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Henderson, John (bap. 1747, d. 1785), British actor and draftsman
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Hoppner, Phoebe (d. 1786)
1
Iago (character in Othello, the Moor of Venice)
1
Imogen (character in Cymbeline)
1
Jachimo
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Julia de Roubigné (character)
1
King Lear (character in King Lear)
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Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth)
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Miranda (character in The Tempest)
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Prospero (character in The Tempest)
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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)
1
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
Romney: Brilliant Contrasts in Georgian England (Yale University Art Gallery, 2025-03-28 - 2025-10-19)
1
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
1
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)
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William Blake [Butlin] (Tate Britain, 1978-03-08 - 1978-05-21)
1
William Blake [Butlin] (Whitworth Art Gallery, 1978-06-10 - 1978-07-15)
1
William Blake: Burning Bright (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-09-04 - 2025-12-07)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
7
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
1
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
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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
George Romney, 1734–1802
Study for the Shipwreck Scene, The Tempest: Prospero, and Miranda
1786–1787
On view at YUAG
5
William Blake, 1757–1827
Tiriel Supporting the Dying Myratana and Cursing His Sons
1786 to 1789
On view
6
Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Head of a Man with a Beard and Long Hair in the Wind
1786
7
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 John Dean, 1754–1798
Phoebe Hoppner as Caroline de Lichtfield
1786
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
The Journalist, with a view of Auchinleck or the Land of Stones
1786
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Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Miss Crockatt as Julia de Roubigné
1786
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Peltro W. Tomkins, 1760–1840
The Three Witches
1786
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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
John Henderson as Iago
1786