Shylock

1776

John Hamilton Mortimer

Artist, British, 1740 - 1779

John Hamilton Mortimer

Attributed to

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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: 40.5 × 33 cm (15 15/16 × 13 in.)
    sheet: 54.7 × 38.4 cm (21 9/16 × 15 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.53.99

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Sunderland 1986, no. 96.11

  • 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. 96.11

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: SHYLOCK.; lower center in plate: Merchant of Venice, Act IV, Scene 1st / If ev'ry ducat in six thousand ducats / were in six parts and ev'ry part a ducat-- / I would not draw them; I would have my Bond / Published 15 March, 1776, by J. MORTIMER Norfolk Street, STRAND

Wikidata ID

Q77259530

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