Edgar (Twelve Characters from Shakespeare). Artist and engraver: Etched and published by John Hamilton Mortimer (British, Eastbourne 1740-1779 London). Dimensions: Plate: 15 9/16 x 12 13/16 in. (39.6 x 32.6 cm)Sheet: 20 3/8 x 13 9/16 in. (51.8 x 34.4 cm). Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564-1616 Stratford-upon-Avon). Date: May 20, 1775.Mortimer admired Salvator Rosa, absorbed aspects of his dramatic style, and sought British equivalents for his subjects. This etching comes from a series that Mortimer devoted to leading Shakespearean characters, based on drawings exhibited at the Society of Artists in 1775. Merging the seventeenth-century genres of the character head and tête d'expression (expressive head), Mortimer's designs also incorporate elements of history painting to convey the Bard's inventive range. Attracted mostly to tragic figures, the artist here portrays Edgar, the eldest son of the Earl of Gloucester, disguised as the demon-possessed Poor Tom

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Edgar (Twelve Characters from Shakespeare). Artist and engraver: Etched and published by John Hamilton Mortimer (British, Eastbourne 1740-1779 London). Dimensions: Plate: 15 9/16 x 12 13/16 in. (39.6 x 32.6 cm)Sheet: 20 3/8 x 13 9/16 in. (51.8 x 34.4 cm). Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564-1616 Stratford-upon-Avon). Date: May 20, 1775.Mortimer admired Salvator Rosa, absorbed aspects of his dramatic style, and sought British equivalents for his subjects. This etching comes from a series that Mortimer devoted to leading Shakespearean characters, based on drawings exhibited at the Society of Artists in 1775. Merging the seventeenth-century genres of the character head and tête d'expression (expressive head), Mortimer's designs also incorporate elements of history painting to convey the Bard's inventive range. Attracted mostly to tragic figures, the artist here portrays Edgar, the eldest son of the Earl of Gloucester, disguised as the demon-possessed Poor Tom

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