Richard II, 1775

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series Title

Twelve Characters from Shakepeare

Medium

etching on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 40.3 × 33.6 cm (15 7/8 × 13 1/4 in.)

sheet: 57.1 × 42.7 cm (22 1/2 × 16 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

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

Catalogue Raisonné

Sunderland 1986, no. 96.2

Accession Number

2017.53.72

Artists / Makers

John Hamilton Mortimer (artist) British, 1740 - 1779

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Inscription

upper center in plate: RICHARD II.d; lower center in plate: For within the hollow crown / That rounds the mortal temples of a King / Keeps Death his Court... / ...Comes at last & with a little fun / Bores thro' his castle walls & farewell King / Published May 20 1775 by MORTIMER, Norfolk Street, STRAND ; Richard II. Act 3 Scene 2.

Provenance

(William Weston Gallery, London, 24 June 1987); Donald Vogler, Portland, OR; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Vogler, Donald
Vogler, Thomas
Weston Gallery, William

Bibliography

1986: Sunderland, John. "John Hamilton Mortimer: His Life and Works," Walpole Society 52 (1986): no. 96.2