Explore Collections
You are here:
CollectionsOnline
/
'Beatrice' (from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing)
Browse
John Hamilton Mortimer ARA (1740 - 1779)
'Beatrice' (from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing)
1776
Etching on paper
Museum number: P293
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)
Soane collections online is being continually updated. If you wish to find out more or if you have any further information about this object please contact us: worksofart@soane.org.uk