York
1776
Artist, British, 1740 - 1779
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on wove paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Vogler in memory of his brother Donald J. Vogler
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Dimensions
plate: 40.2 × 32.7 cm (15 13/16 × 12 7/8 in.)
sheet: 54.5 × 39 cm (21 7/16 × 15 3/8 in.) -
Accession
2017.53.63
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Catalogue Raisonné
Sunderland 1986, no. 96.9
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. 96.9
Inscriptions
upper center in plate: YORK.; lower center in plate: Second part of Henry IV. Act V, Scene 4th / See ruthless Queen a hapless Father's tears / This cloth thou dip'd'st in blood of my sweet boy / And I with tears do wash the blood away / Published 15 March 1776 by J. MORTIMER Norfolk Street, STRAND
Wikidata ID
Q77259455