Caliban

John Hamilton Mortimer, Caliban from Twelve Characters from Shakespeare, 1775, etching.   Inscription: CALIBAN.  Do not torment me prithee / I’ll bring my wood home … Read more

Remember by Ana Maria Pacheco

Remember based on an interview with Ana Maria Pacheco Something curious happened during the making of Remember: the piece became more diffuse as the artist … Read more

Portrait of Marino

Johann Friedrich Greuter, Portrait of Giambattista Marino, after Simon Vouet, 1630-40, engraving.   Inscription: Ioannes Baptista Marinus Eques/ Simon Vouet pinx. / Fed. Greuter incid. … Read more

Parmigianino’s goatherds

Lucas Vorsterman, Pastoral Scene, after Parmigianino, 1620s, engraving.   This engraving of a pastoral scene reproduces in reverse a carefully finished pen and ink drawing … Read more

Virgil’s Eclogues

William Faithorne, Tityrus and Meliboeus (Virgil’s First Eclogue), after Francis Cleyn, 1654, engraving.   Inscription: Tityre patulae recubans sub tegmine fagi, / Silvetrem tenui musam … Read more

Portrait of William Cowper

William Blake, Portrait of William Cowper, after George Romney, 1802, engraving.   Inscription: ‘From a Portrait in Crayons Drawn from the Life by Romney in … Read more