Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779, British
Title:
Caliban, from The Tempest
Date:
1775
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 x 13 3/4in. (43.2 x 34.9cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered above image, upper center, "CALIBAN."; below image, lower center, "Do not torment me prithee | I'll bring my wood home faster."; below, "Publifhed May 20, 1775 by J. MORTIMER, Norfolk Street STRAND."; below image, lower right, "Tempeft Act II, Scene the 2."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.12115
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
theater (discipline) | literary theme | The Tempest, play by William Shakespeare
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)

The Romantic Print in the Age of Revolutions: Hero, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-06-01)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31892