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Caliban

Caliban
 1775; published 1775-1776
from a series of prints of Shakespearean heads, published 1775-76

Medium
etching printed in brown ink
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
etching printed in brown ink
Measurements
40.0 × 32.5 cm (plate) 57.6 × 43.3 cm (sheet)
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
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display

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