Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779, British
Title:
Literary Characters Assembled Around the Medallion of Shakespeare
Date:
1776
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches (21 x 28.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen black ink, lower left: "a fellow of Maudlin"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1346
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
medallion (ornament area) | men | caricature | books | portrait | heads | hands | satyr | sleeping | literary theme
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

James Gillray and the Art of Caricature (Tate Britain, 2001-07-07 - 2001-09-02)

English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (The Library of Congress, 1984-11-13 - 1985-02-26)

English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (National Gallery of Canada, 1985-02-26 - 1985-05-10)

English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-09-01 - 1985-11-13)

English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985-06-04 - 1985-09-05)

Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
Publications:
Geoffrey Ashton, Shakespeare and British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, pp. 35, 86, no. 92, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)

Lowell Libson and Jonny Yarker Ltd, 2019[/]2020, Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd., London, p. 30, DealerCat Lowell Libson Ltd.

Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:11390