Richard II

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

CMA_.2002.58

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CMA_.2002.58

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2003

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2003

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Prints

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Prints

Object Type

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Creator Name:

Mortimer, John Hamilton

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Mortimer, John Hamilton

Creator Name

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Creator Nationality:

British

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British

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Role:

artist

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artist

Creator Role

false

Creator Dates/Places:

1740 - 1779

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1740 - 1779

Creator Dates/Places

false

Gender:

M

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M

Gender

false

Creator Birth Place:

Eastbourne

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Eastbourne

Creator Birth Place

false

Creator Death Place:

London

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London

Creator Death Place

false

Creator Name-CRT:

John Hamilton Mortimer

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John Hamilton Mortimer

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Richard II

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Richard II

Title

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Title Type:

Primary

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Primary

Title Type

false

View:

Full View

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Full View

View

false

Creation Date:

1775

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1775

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1775

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1775

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1775

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1775

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

etching in brown ink

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etching in brown ink

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Print

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Print

Classification Term

false

Style or Period:

England, 18th century

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England, 18th century

Style or Period

false

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

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Cleveland Museum of Art

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The Cleveland Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

2002.58

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2002.58

ID Number

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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

false

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

Inscriptions

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Rights:

http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html

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<a href="http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html</a>

Rights

false

Provenance:

Charles Ryskamp

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Charles Ryskamp

Provenance

false

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.

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