Caliban, from The Tempest by John Hamilton Mortimer

Etching of Caliban from The Tempest, showing a grotesque face, feathered headdress and clawed hand within an oval frame.

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An oval etching titled Caliban, from The Tempest, by John Hamilton Mortimer, dated 1775, shows a wild-haired creature with a gaping mouth, feathered headdress and long clawed fingers resting on a rock. Two lines of quoted verse and a reference to Tempest Act II, Scene 2 appear beneath the oval, with a publication credit to J. Mortimer, Norfolk Street, Strand, dated May 20, 1775.

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1775

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