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Comedy

John Hamilton MORTIMER
Comedy
 c. 1778

Medium
pen, brown ink

Measurements
27 × 19.9 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1963

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Accession Number
1264B-5

Department
International Prints and Drawings

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Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Human Figures

Subjects (specific)
books comedy (general genre) full-length figures gesture satyrs women (female humans)

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