Artworks · William Sharp

The Lament of the Irish Immigrant

1840 · Lithotint on paper

26 × 20.3 cm (10 1/4 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Trade Card for William Sharp, Engraver

1800 · Engraving

Sheet: 3 9/16 × 5 1/8 in. (9 × 13 cm) Plate: 3 1/8 × 4 5/8 in. (8 × 11.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mary, Queen of Scots escaping Lochleven Castle (from "The History of England")

1795 · Etching and engraving

Sheet: 14 in. × 9 7/16 in. (35.5 × 24 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

"Off, off, you lendings–Come unbutton here" (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 3, Scene 4)

1793 · Etching and engraving

image: 17 3/8 x 23 5/16 in. (44.2 x 59.2 cm) sheet: 19 1/4 x 24 7/16 in. (48.9 x 62.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Relief from the Frieze of the Temple of Victory Apteros

1787 · Engraving

Plate: 3 15/16 × 20 3/8 in. (10 × 51.8 cm) Sheet: 6 5/8 × 20 11/16 in. (16.8 × 52.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The doctors of the church consulting books and documents and contemplating the Virgin who is shown above in heaven, flanked by angels, after Reni

1785 · Engraving

Image: 23 in. × 15 1/2 in. (58.4 × 39.3 cm) Sheet (Trimmed): 25 5/16 × 16 7/8 in. (64.3 × 42.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

King Lear

1783 · Etching and engraving

Image: 6 3/16 × 5 1/4 in. (15.7 × 13.4 cm) Sheet (trimmed to plate): 8 1/8 × 6 5/16 in. (20.7 × 16 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Trade Card for William Sharp, Engraver

1700 · Engraving

Sheet: 4 3/16 × 5 7/8 in. (10.6 × 15 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art