COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.2002.58
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CMA_.2002.58
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2003
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2003
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Object Type:
Prints
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Prints
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Creator Name:
Mortimer, John Hamilton
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Mortimer, John Hamilton
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Creator Nationality:
British
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British
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Creator Role:
artist
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artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
1740 - 1779
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1740 - 1779
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Gender:
M
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M
Gender
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Creator Birth Place:
Eastbourne
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Eastbourne
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Creator Death Place:
London
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London
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Creator Name-CRT:
John Hamilton Mortimer
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John Hamilton Mortimer
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Title:
Richard II
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Richard II
Title
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Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
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View:
Full View
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Full View
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Creation Date:
1775
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1775
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
1775
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1775
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Creation End Date:
1775
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1775
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Materials and Techniques:
etching in brown ink
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etching in brown ink
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Classification Term:
Print
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Print
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Style or Period:
England, 18th century
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England, 18th century
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Dimensions:
Sheet: 57.3cm x 40.8cm, Image: 34.1cm x 28cm, Platemark: 39.9cm x 32.4cm
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Sheet: 57.3cm x 40.8cm, Image: 34.1cm x 28cm, Platemark: 39.9cm x 32.4cm
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AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
2002.58
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2002.58
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Credit Line:
Gift of various donors to the department of Prints (by exchange)
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Gift of various donors to the department of Prints (by exchange)
Credit Line
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Inscriptions:
inscribed lower right in pen and brown ink: N:161: J:M; numbered upper right corner in brown ink: 6
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inscribed lower right in pen and brown ink: N:161: J:M; numbered upper right corner in brown ink: 6
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
Rights
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Provenance:
Charles Ryskamp
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Charles Ryskamp
Provenance
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Context:
John Hamilton Mortimer supported the prevailing academic doctrine which located history painting at the top of the hierarchy of subject matter. Unlike many of his contemporaries, however, he turned to the great subjects of English literature for themes. From 1775 to 1776, Mortimer produced etchings of twelve Shakespearean characters, including King Lear, Ophelia, and Caliban. In this dramatic composition, the skeletal figure of death looms over the tense King Richard II. This rare signed proof is a marvelous example of Mortimer's Romantic sensibility.By the time he was twenty-three years old, Mortimer had won numerous prizes for his drawings and paintings and was considered one of the rising stars of English art. In 1774, he became president of the Society of Artists of Great Britain, to whose annual exhibitions he was a regular contributor. The artist's promising career was cut short by his untimely death at the age of thirty-nine.
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John Hamilton Mortimer supported the prevailing academic doctrine which located history painting at the top of the hierarchy of subject matter. Unlike many of his contemporaries, however, he turned to the great subjects of English literature for themes. From 1775 to 1776, Mortimer produced etchings of twelve Shakespearean characters, including King Lear, Ophelia, and Caliban. In this dramatic composition, the skeletal figure of death looms over the tense King Richard II. This rare signed proof is a marvelous example of Mortimer's Romantic sensibility.By the time he was twenty-three years old, Mortimer had won numerous prizes for his drawings and paintings and was considered one of the rising stars of English art. In 1774, he became president of the Society of Artists of Great Britain, to whose annual exhibitions he was a regular contributor. The artist's promising career was cut short by his untimely death at the age of thirty-nine.
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.2002.58.tif
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CMA_.2002.58.tif
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