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John Hamilton Mortimer
Edgar 1775-1776
etching
40.0 × 32.8 cm (plate) 57.5 × 43.0 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
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Edgar
1775-1776
from a series of prints of Shakespearean heads, published 1775-76
Medium
etching
Measurements
40.0 × 32.8 cm (plate) 57.5 × 43.0 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Nag. no 2, 3 (vol. X I p. 26)
Printing/Publishing
printed and published by John Mortimer
Inscription
printed in ink above image u.c.: EDGAR
printed in ink below image l.c.: Away! the foul fiend follows me. / Through the sharp Hawthorn blows the cold wind, / Humph - go to thy bed and warm thee. / Published May 10, 1775 by J. Mortimer, Norfolk Street, Strand.
printed in ink below image l.r.: Act III: Scene 3.
Accession Number
2931-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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