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Engraved oval portrait of a poet with laurel wreath and quill pen, with a Shakespeare verse printed below.

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

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An engraved oval portrait shows a man in a laurel wreath and lace-trimmed collar, holding a quill pen to his lips and gazing sideways. The title "Poet" appears above, with a verse from A Midsummer Night's Dream printed below. This print by John Hamilton Mortimer is dated 1775.

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