Edgar
1775
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: 40.4 × 32.9 cm (15 7/8 × 12 15/16 in.)
sheet: 56 × 37.9 cm (22 1/16 × 14 15/16 in.) -
Accession
2017.53.68
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Catalogue Raisonné
Sunderland 1986, no. 96.4
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. 96.4
Inscriptions
upper center in plate: EDGAR.; lower center in plate: Away! the foul fiend follows me / Through the sharp Hawthorn blows the cold wind. / Humph--go to thy bed and warm thee / Published May 20 1775 by J. MORTIMER, Norfolk Street, STRAND; lower right in plate: Lear, Act III: Scene 3
Wikidata ID
Q77259467