Period: 19th century / Work Type: drawing / Subject Terms: gesture

1. Oberon and Titania

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black ink with gum over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 8 1/4 inches (15.2 × 20.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

2. Malvolio Dancing

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with brown wash and oil on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 inches (13 x 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. She Never Told Her Love, But Sat Like Patience on a Monument

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with brown wash and gouache and oil on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 inches (13 x 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Two Women

Creator:: George Augustus Sala, 1828–1895
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper mounted on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 5 inches (11.4 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

5. Standing Lady

Creator:: George Augustus Sala, 1828–1895
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 2 3/16 inches (11.1 × 5.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

6. Hecate

Creator:: George Henry Harlow, 1787–1819
Date:: 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with stumping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 7 inches (21.9 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

7. Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda

Creator:: Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with black chalk and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 7 1/8 inches (21.9 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. La Mancha

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/16 x 6 11/16 inches (18.3 x 17 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The Spoiled Child, Scene II

Creator:: Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808
Date:: ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 x 20 3/8 inches (39.1 x 51.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Sebastopol, Sketched From The Deck of H. M. S. Sidon, Feb. 1855

Creator:: William Simpson, 1823–1899
Date:: 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 x 20 5/8 inches (33 x 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Enter Malvolio, Crossgartered...

Creator:: Sir John Gilbert, 1817–1897
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink, red ink, gouache, gum arabic, and graphite on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 × 29 3/4 inches (48.9 × 75.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. Apotheosis of Shakespeare's Characters

Creator:: Sir John Gilbert, 1817–1897
Date:: 1871
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, pen and black ink, and graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on wood panel
Dimensions:: Sheet: 41 x 28 inches (104.1 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

13. Peter Callam & Elvira

Creator:: J. Findlay, active 1825–1857
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted to card, with attached offset print
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 6 inches (8.9 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. The Spoiled Child, Scene VI

Creator:: Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808
Date:: ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 19 5/8 inches (38.1 × 49.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. The Spoiled Child, Scene V

Creator:: Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808
Date:: ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 × 19 5/8 inches (39.4 × 49.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. The Spoiled Child, Scene IV

Creator:: Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808
Date:: ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 × 19 1/8 inches (39.4 × 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Olivia and Maria

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with brown wash, gouache and oil on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 x 3 3/8 inches (10.7 x 8.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Pirate's Isle

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with stopping out, and scraping out on moderately thick slightly textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 30 3/4 x 42 1/2 inches (78.1 x 108 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. The Triumph of Music

Creator:: Walter Crane, 1845–1915
Date:: ca. 1876
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 14 5/8 inches (27 x 37.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

20. Lamentation

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 19th century
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper, pasted on thick, smooth, gray card
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 5/8 × 9 inches (27 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

21. Proposal for a Happy New Year

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper, mounted on thick, smooth, light blue card
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 × 11 5/8 inches (40.6 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

22. Hamlet and the Ghost

Creator:: William Marshall Craig, 1763 or 1764–1829
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with watercolor and gray wash on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 x 8 3/16 inches (27.2 x 20.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. Hamlet and the Ghost

Creator:: George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 8 5/16 inches (17.4 x 21.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. Settling the Disputed Point

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:: 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 14 3/8 inches (25.4 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Sketch for the Passions: Jealousy

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, light blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 10 1/8 inches (35.5 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

26. Othello and Desdemona, 'Othello', Act V, Scene II

Creator:: attributed to Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 3/4 inches (24.4 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

27. Man standing on seashore - Hierro

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: after 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (24.1 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Figures on a Rocky River Bank at Canonteign, Devon

Creator:: John White Abbott, 1763–1851
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 7 1/4 inches (22.5 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Fish Porter in a Straw Hat

Creator:: George Chambers, 1803–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 x 7 inches (25.7 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Macbeth and the Witch

Creator:: George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 3/4 inches (19.1 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

31. Group of Peasants with Musical Instruments

Creator:: Attributed to John Absolon, 1815–1895
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite, pen, and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches (23.5 x 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Alcibiades and Timon

Creator:: Richard Westall, 1765–1836
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 10 1/16 inches (33.3 × 25.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

33. Gil Blas Practicing Medicine Under Dr. Sangrado

Creator:: Thomas Uwins, 1782–1857
Date:: between 1820 and 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with brown pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper, laid in contemporary mount made of moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 17 3/8 x 20 1/2 inches (44.2 x 52 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Oberon and Titania

2. Malvolio Dancing

3. She Never Told Her Love, But Sat Like Patience on a Monument

4. Two Women

5. Standing Lady

6. Hecate

7. Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda

8. La Mancha

9. The Spoiled Child, Scene II

10. Sebastopol, Sketched From The Deck of H. M. S. Sidon, Feb. 1855

11. Enter Malvolio, Crossgartered...

12. Apotheosis of Shakespeare's Characters

13. Peter Callam & Elvira

14. The Spoiled Child, Scene VI

15. The Spoiled Child, Scene V

16. The Spoiled Child, Scene IV

17. Olivia and Maria

18. Pirate's Isle

19. The Triumph of Music

20. Lamentation

21. Proposal for a Happy New Year

22. Hamlet and the Ghost

23. Hamlet and the Ghost

24. Settling the Disputed Point

25. Sketch for the Passions: Jealousy

26. Othello and Desdemona, 'Othello', Act V, Scene II

27. Man standing on seashore - Hierro

28. Figures on a Rocky River Bank at Canonteign, Devon

29. Fish Porter in a Straw Hat

30. Macbeth and the Witch

31. Group of Peasants with Musical Instruments

32. Alcibiades and Timon

33. Gil Blas Practicing Medicine Under Dr. Sangrado