Falstaff

1776

John Hamilton Mortimer

Artist, British, 1740 - 1779

John Hamilton Mortimer

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Thomas Vogler in memory of his brother Donald J. Vogler

  • Dimensions

    plate: 40.2 × 33 cm (15 13/16 × 13 in.)
    sheet: 54.8 × 38.5 cm (21 9/16 × 15 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.53.61

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Sunderland 1988, no. 96.10

  • Series Title

    Twelve Characters from Shakespeare

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Campbell Fine Art, London, 4 May 1992); Donald Vogler, Portland, OR; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1986

  • Sunderland, John. "John Hamilton Mortimer: His Life and Works," Walpole Society 52 (1986): no. 96.10

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: FALSTAFF. / lower center in plate: Second part Henry IV, Act V, Scene 4th / There's a merry heart good master Silence / I'll give you a health for that anon. / Publish'd March 15, 1776: by J. MORTIMER, Norfolk Street, STRAND

Wikidata ID

Q77259452

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