Caliban

1775

John Hamilton Mortimer

Artist, British, 1740 - 1779

John Hamilton Mortimer

Attributed to

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    plate: 40.6 × 32.9 cm (16 × 12 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 55.3 × 38.5 cm (21 3/4 × 15 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.53.67

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Sunderland 1986, no. 96.6

  • Series Title

    Twelve Characters from Shakespeare

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Campbell Fine Art, London, 2 August 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. 96.6

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: CALIBAN.; lower center in plate: Do not torment me prithee / I'll bring my wood home faster. / Tempest Act II Scene the 2. / Publish'd May 20 1775 by J. MORTIMER, Norfolk Street, STRAND

Wikidata ID

Q77259465

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