理查二世（摘自《莎士比亚十二个人物》） - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	理查二世（摘自《莎士比亚十二个人物》）
品名（英）	Richard II (from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare")
入馆年号	1962年，62.602.162
策展部门	绘画和印刷品（Drawings and Prints）
创作者	John Hamilton Mortimer【1740 至 1779】【英国人】
创作年份	公元 1775
创作地区
分类	印刷品（Prints）
尺寸	页: 15 3/4 x 12 11/16 英寸 (40 x 32.2 厘米)
介绍（中）	莫蒂默欣赏萨尔瓦多·罗莎，吸收了他的戏剧风格，并为他的诗歌主题寻找英国的对等作品。这幅版画是根据1775年在艺术家协会展出的绘画作品创作的一系列莎士比亚的主要人物。莫蒂默的设计融合了17世纪的人物头像和表情头像，还融入了历史绘画的各个方面，以传达吟游诗人的戏剧性。这位艺术家被悲剧人物所吸引，将理查二世描绘成一个傲慢的君主，戴着华丽的头巾和珠宝，没有意识到死亡的小骷髅正准备用别针把他赶走。这位艺术家受到以下段落的启发： "因为在中空的王冠里，环绕着国王的神庙， Death是他的宫廷，滑稽的人物坐在那里嘲笑他的国家，对他的盛况咧嘴笑，让他喘口气，这是一个小场景要称王，要害怕，要用眼神杀死他给他注入自我和自负就好像我们生活的墙壁上的这块肉是黄铜坚不可摧的红色因此终于来了&；带着一个小别针无聊地穿过城堡的墙壁&；告别国王。" （理查二世，第三幕，第二幕）
介绍（英）	Mortimer admired Salvator Rosa, absorbed aspects of his dramatic style, and sought British equivalents for his poetic subjects. This etching comes from a series devoted to leading Shakespearean characters, based on drawings exhibited at the Society of Artists in 1775. Merging the seventeenth-century genres of the character head and tête d'expression (expressive head), Mortimer's designs also incorporate aspects of history painting to convey the Bard's dramatic range. Attracted to tragic figures, the artist here portrays Richard II as an arrogant potentate, gorgeously dressed in a turban and jewels, and unaware of the tiny skeletal figure of Death who prepares to dispatch him with a pin. The artist was inspired by the following passage: "For within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a King, Keeps Death his court, & there the antick sits Scoffing his State & grinning at his pomp, Allowing him a breath, a little scene To monarchize, be feard & kill with looks Infusing him with self & vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable & humoured thus Comes at last & with a little pin Bores thro' his castle walls & farewell King." (Richard II, act 3, scene 2)