Ophelia
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: 40.2 × 32.7 cm (15 13/16 × 12 7/8 in.)
sheet: 59 × 43.6 cm (23 1/4 × 17 3/16 in.) -
Accession
2017.53.98
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Catalogue Raisonné
Sunderland 1986, no. 96.3
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Willliam Weston Gallery, London, 24 June 1987); 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. 96.3
Inscriptions
upper center in plate: OPHELIA.; lower center in plate: There's Fennel for you and Columbines / There's Rue for you and some for me. / Hamlet Act IV Scene 7 / Published May 20, 1775, by J MORTIMER, Norfolk Street, STRAND
Wikidata ID
Q77259528