1776
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Lear is a 1776 ink by John Hamilton Mortimer, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white print of an old man with wild hair and a long beard. His face is wrinkled, and he looks upset, gripping his head with one hand. The background is dark and swirly, like a storm, while his clothes are loose and rumpled. The words below the image are lines from a play, *King Lear*, showing this man is a character from that story. The artist used a technique that makes the lines look scratchy and textured. Next, look up etching to see how this print was made.
John Hamilton Mortimer (17 September 1740 – 4 February 1779) was a British figure and landscape painter and printmaker, known for romantic paintings set in Italy, works depicting conversations, and works drawn in the…
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