John Hamilton Mortimer
1740-1779
Design for the frontispiece to Bell's "British Theatre", IX, London, 1777
5 9/16 x 3 15/16 inches (141 x 97 mm)
Pen and black ink, with gray wash over faint traces on paper; squared in graphite for transfer.
1975.29
Gift of Mr. Charles Ryskamp.
Notes
Watermark: none.
The volume in which the design appears engraved, in reverse, contains "The Beggar's Opera", "Polly", and "Achilles" by John Gay, "the Gentle Shepherd" by Allan Ramsay, and "Comus" by John Milton.
The volume in which the design appears engraved, in reverse, contains "The Beggar's Opera", "Polly", and "Achilles" by John Gay, "the Gentle Shepherd" by Allan Ramsay, and "Comus" by John Milton.
Associated names
Ryskamp, Charles, former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 278-279.
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