Beatrice

1776

John Hamilton Mortimer

Associated Names
John Hamilton Mortimer

Artist, British, 1740 - 1779

The image depicts a person named Beatrice in an upper-body profile view. She faces the left side of the frame with her head slightly tilted back, showing her facial features including a prominent nose and well-defined lips. She has curly hair styled close to the scalp and adorned with a turban-like headwrap decorated with pearls. Beatrice wears a flowing gown with intricate detailing on the shoulders and neckline. The background is a simple oval shape with a textured pattern surrounding the detailed portrayal of Beatrice.

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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 × 38.5 cm (21 1/4 × 15 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.53.62

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Sunderland 1986, no. 96.7

  • 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

Exhibition History

2023

  • Drawing in Britain, 1700 - 1900: New Additions to the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.

Bibliography

1986

  • Sunderland, John. "John Hamilton Mortimer: His Life and Works," Walpole Society 52 (1986): no. 96.7

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: BEATRICE.; lower center in plate: Much ado about nothing Act I, Scene 2d.; Is it possible disdain should die whilst she hath such / meet food to feed it as Senior Benidict. / Published March 15, 1776; by J. MORTIMER, Norfolk Street, STRAND.

Wikidata ID

Q77259453

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