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,John Hamilton Mortimer

85 works

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Pen and ink drawing of an axe-wielding priest interrupting a sacrifice at an altar beneath a tree, with a crowd watching.

A Sacrifice Interrupted

1770s

Poet

May 20, 1775 (originally published); published 1809

Etched oval portrait of a bearded man in a turban with a skeleton perched behind him, with lines of text below.

Richard II, from Twelve Characters from Shakespeare

May 20, 1775 (originally published), published 1809

Ophelia, from Twelve Characters from Shakespeare

May 20, 1775 (originally published); published 1809

Bardolph

May 20, 1775 (originally published); published 1809

Oval print of a wide-eyed man in a feathered headdress with wheat ears, holding a wheat sheaf, titled Edgar.

Edgar

May 20, 1775; published 1809

Engraved oval portrait of Caliban, a grotesque figure with feathered neck, clawed hands and a quotation below.

Caliban

May 20, 1775 (originally published); published 1809

Beatrice

March 15, 1776 (originally published); published 1809

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a turban and armor, head bowed with a tear, with verse text below.

York, from Twelve Characters from Shakespeare

originally published March 15, 1776, published 1809

Engraved oval portrait of Falstaff, a bearded balding man in a ruff collar raising a tankard, with a quotation below.

Falstaff

originally published March 15, 1776, published 1809

Oval engraved portrait of Shylock, a bearded man in a cap and buttoned coat gesturing with a stern look.

Shylock

originally published March 15, 1776, published 1809

Engraved oval portrait of Cassandra with wide eyes and raised hand, wearing a white headband and draped garment.

Cassandra, from Twelve Characters from Shakespeare

originally published March 15, 1776, published 1809

Etching of two bandits on a rocky ledge, one leaning on a pillar and one with a plumed hat holding a sword.

Banditti on the Lookout, from Fifteen etchings dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds

1778

Pen and ink drawing of a crowd of caricatured faces around a horned devil, with a medallion portrait held above.

Literary Characters Assembled Around the Medallion of Shakespeare

1776

Pen and ink drawing of a robed preacher addressing a crowd beneath hovering angels, with head studies at right.

Saint Paul Preaching to the Britons

1775

Pen and wash sketch of two men fighting with swords while a woman sits nearby at the left.

Two Men Fighting Before a Woman

1771

Pen and ink caricature of a choir with exaggerated faces at a music stand and a row of wigged onlookers below.

Choir and Orchestra (A Choral Band)

1776

Pen and ink drawing of a man kneeling with bowed head and arms outstretched, wearing a draped robe and sandals.

A Man Kneeling

1770

Brown ink drawing of a man with curly hair and a high-collared shirt, with handwritten inscriptions above and below.

Portrait of John Saxby

Studies of Academics

Two Heads in a Roundel

Studies of Groups of Heads

Pen and ink drawing of three armoured soldiers on stone blocks beside a tree, one pointing toward the upper left.

Three Soldiers in Armour Sitting on Stone Blocks

Pen and ink drawing of a seated woman by a tree and basket of fruit, with a reclining figure and distant rural landscape.

Reclining Female Figure in an Italian Landscape

Pen drawing of a crowned skeleton riding a pale horse over fallen figures, with winged creatures above.

Death on a Pale Horse

1775

Graphite drawing of a reclining male nude draped over a cloth on rocky ground, with a sketched background.

An Academy

1773

Etching of a rage-filled sea monster with a human-like head and coiled scaly body rising above turbulent waves.

Enrag'd Monster

1778

Etched title page with dedication to Sir Joshua Reynolds; a boy points at the text beside a bearded man in a turban.

Title Page

1778

Etching of a seated woman with a wreath, foot on a goat, beside a man with a pipe and a basket in a pastoral landscape.

Pastoral

1778

Etching of a jealous sea monster rising from waves, grappling with a muscular man beside a reclining draped woman under cloud

Jealous Monster

1778

Etching of a woman in drapery struggling with a scaly sea monster on a shore, a bearded man watching from the reeds.

Successful Monster

1778

Etching of a satyr playing panpipes beside a sleeping figure, with a scaly sea monster and coiled tail in the water below.

Musical Monster

1778

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