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John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779, British, 'Poet, from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act V, Scene i', 1775
- Title:
- 'Poet, from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act V, Scene i'
- Date:
- 1775
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching, published state
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 17 x 13 3/4in. (43.2 x 34.9cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Engraved inscriptions: within image at center top, "POET"; within image at bottom, left, "Published May 20 1775 by J MORTIMER, Norfolk Street, STRAND"; within image at bottom center, "The Poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rowling -- Doth glance from heav'n to earth, from earth to heav'n -- And as imagination bodies forth -- The forms of things unknown the Poet's pen -- Turns them to shape and gives to airy nothing -- A local habitation and a name."; within image at bottom right, "Midsummer Night's dream, Act V, Scene I."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.12121
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- A Midsummer Night's Dream, play by William Shakespeare | literary theme | poet | quill | wreath
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31899
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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) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
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