Cassandra. Troilus and Cressida Act IId Scene 4th. Cry Trojans cry. practice your eyes with tears / Troy must not be nor goodly Ilion stand.
[Drawn & etched by John Hamilton Mortimer.]
Publshed March 15th, 1776 by J.Mortimer, Norfolk Street, Strand. [Watermarked 1821.]
Etching. 400 x 325mm (15¾ x 12¾"), with very large margins.
Cassandra, daughter of the Trojan king Priam, cursed to be a prophetess no one ever believed. From the second set of "Six Characters from Shakespeare", here as re-issued by Thomas Palser after Mortimer's death.
[Ref: 15870] £180.00
Publshed March 15th, 1776 by J.Mortimer, Norfolk Street, Strand. [Watermarked 1821.]
Etching. 400 x 325mm (15¾ x 12¾"), with very large margins.
Cassandra, daughter of the Trojan king Priam, cursed to be a prophetess no one ever believed. From the second set of "Six Characters from Shakespeare", here as re-issued by Thomas Palser after Mortimer's death.
[Ref: 15870] £180.00