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Cassandra, from Twelve Characters from Shakespeare

A work made of etching on cream wove paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of etching on cream wove paper.

Date:

originally published March 15, 1776, published 1809

Artist:

John Hamilton Mortimer
English, 1740-1779

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

John Hamilton Mortimer

Title

Cassandra, from Twelve Characters from Shakespeare

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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Published 1809

Medium

Etching on cream wove paper

Dimensions

Plate: 40 × 32.3 cm (15 3/4 × 12 3/4 in.); Sheet: 59.5 × 43.8 cm (23 7/16 × 17 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Mary S. Adams Endowment

Reference Number

2001.136

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