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        "objectNumber": "F1983.243",
        "primaryTitle": "Nature, Leaning on the Sarcophagus of Shakespeare, Crowns Genius",
        "objectName": "drawing",
        "dated": "1773",
        "classification": "Drawings",
        "department": "Prints, Drawings & Photographs",
        "medium": "pen and brown ink on buff antique laid paper",
        "dimensions": "Sheet: 9 × 8 inches (22.9 × 20.3 cm)"
    },
    "provenance": {
        "creditLine": "Gift of Dr. Frederick J. Cummings ",
        "provenance": "by 1923, Randall Davies (London, England).\r\nH. C. Green. \r\nAlister Mathews (Bournemouth, England). \r\nby 1968, Mr. and Mrs. Leornard Baskin (Northampton, Massachusetts, USA). \r\n1973, Dr. Frederick J. Cummings (Detroit, Michigan, USA);\r\n1983-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)",
        "signed": "",
        "inscribed": "Inscribed, in pen and brown ink, verso: Nature leaning on the Sarcophagas [sic] of Shakespeare, | crowns Genius with Laurel, for guarding her most | Exquisite Fruits (plac'd on an Altar, decocarated [sic] with The = | atrical Emblems) from the Rapaciousnes of the Harpies of | Envy, &; &. -- | Frontispiece to Lloyds Epistle to Dd. Garrick Esq. | done by J. Mortimer Esq. | S [?]. Shelley | Feb.y 12.73\r\nInscribed, in pencil, verso, lower left: Pu\r\nInscribed, in pencil, verso, along lower left edge: 60 [in partial circle]\r\nInscribed, in pencil, verso, lower right: B3. | 497 | 50 - 18 = 1\r\nInscribed, in pencil, on mat, lower right: John Hamilton Mortimer| coll. Leonard Baskin--",
        "markings": ""
    },
    "creators": [
        {
            "displayName": "John Hamilton Mortimer",
            "role": "Artist",
            "nationality": "English",
            "bio": "English, 1741-1779"
        }
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    "rights": [
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            "type": "Public Domain",
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