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John Hamilton Mortimer
Caliban 1775; published 1775-1776
etching printed in brown ink
40.0 × 32.5 cm (plate) 57.6 × 43.3 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
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Caliban
1775; published 1775-1776
from a series of prints of Shakespearean heads, published 1775-76
Medium
etching printed in brown ink
Measurements
40.0 × 32.5 cm (plate) 57.6 × 43.3 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Sunderland 96.6
Inscription
printed in ink above image u.c.: CALIBAN
printed in ink below image l.c.: Do not torment me prithee / I'll bring my wood home faster. / Published May 20 1775 by J. MORTIMER, Nor / olk Street STRAND.
printed in ink below image l.r.: Tempest Actt II, Scene the 2.
inscribed in pencil l.c.: 2929/3
stamped in ink l.c.: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA
Accession Number
2929-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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