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Engraved oval portrait of a poet in profile with a laurel wreath and quill pen, with the word POET above.

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The Poet, "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Act V, Scene I, John Hamilton Mortimer (1775), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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An oval engraved portrait shows a man in profile wearing a laurel wreath, a lace-trimmed collar and a loose garment, holding a quill pen raised near his face. The word POET is engraved above, and a verse from A Midsummer Night's Dream is printed below the oval. This print by John Hamilton Mortimer was dated 1775.

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