1775
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Richard II is a 1775 ink by John Hamilton Mortimer, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait of a man wearing a crown. His face looks tired, with a long beard and a sad expression. Above his head, a ghostly figure reaches down, holding something that looks like a crown. The man is dressed in old-fashioned robes with folds and ruffles. This print was made using a method called etching, where lines are scratched into metal to create the image. The words around the picture are quotes from a play about a king named Richard. Next, check out etching to see how artists like this made detailed prints.
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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