Lot 1038

1038

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OLD MASTER & 19TH CENTURY DRAWINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF JERROLD AND JACKIE ZIFF (LOTS 983-1062)

After John Hamilton Mortimer

Caliban

Details

After John Hamilton Mortimer
Caliban
black and white chalk on blue (faded) paper
15 x 11¼ in. (381 x 284 mm.)

Provenance

George Hilda Libbis.
Miss Neil Hilda Libbis.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 18 June 1970, lot 19, where acquired by the current owner.

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Lot Essay

After Mortimer's 1775 etching from Act II, Scene 2 of The Tempest: 'Do not torment me prithee;/I'll bring my wood home faster.' Mortimer published twelve etchings based on characters from Shakespeare's plays between 1775-76.

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