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John Hamilton Mortimer ARA (1740 - 1779)
'Cassandra' (from Shakespeare's Troilus & Cressida)
1776
Etching on paper
Museum number: P288
On display: Morning Room (pre-booked tours only)
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
For tours https://www.soane.org/your-visit
An etching on paper from Mortimer's Shakespearean Characters series.
For a detailed account of Mortimer's life and work see John Sunderland, John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740-1779, The Volume of the Walpole Society, 1986 (vol. 52)
Permanently Magical: Restoration and Renewal of Sir John Soane's Museum, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 2 July - 4 September 2010
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