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,John Hamilton Mortimer

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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

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

Brown wash drawing of a young boy with tousled hair and a loose shirt, with handwritten inscriptions above and below.

Portrait of James Tuffs

Pen and ink drawing of fishermen hauling a net with fish beside a tree, a woman with a basket, and a harbor in the distance.

Fishermen

1774

Pen and ink drawing of a bacchanal with dancing draped figures, a tambourine, grapes, and a watching bearded figure by a wall

Bacchanal

1770

Pencil sketch of an urn with a lid beside a reclining classical figure and scrolling ornament, with a faint skull at left.

Designs for Decorative Vases

Pen and ink study of a seated woman, a boy playing a pipe, and a standing figure behind them on pale paper.

Study for "The Rustic Dancers"

1770

Pen and ink sketch of classically robed figures around a bowl, with studies of heads on the upper left and right.

Mucius Scaevolo [recto]

Figure Studies [verso]

Pen drawing of figures hauling a boat ashore in a gale, with a wind-bent tree and a stone tower on the coast.

Beaching a Fishing Boat in a Gale

1770-79

Pen and ink drawing of a helmeted warrior stripping armor from a fallen soldier among rocks, with a sword and shield nearby.

Stripping the Slain

ca. 1773

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man pointing away as a woman and child stand beside a tree and stone arch with a dog.

Abraham Sending Away Hagar and Ishmael

n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a helmeted warrior seated on rocks, leaning on a spear in a shadowy cave setting.

Helmeted Warrior

n.d.

Three Oriental Heads

1770/1775

Two Oriental Heads

1770/1775

Pen and brown wash sketch of a seated male nude with a bending draped figure and faint standing figures at right.

Male Nude and Other Figures

18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a horned demon with a trident pinning a nude figure amid flames, a scene of the damned in hell.

The Damned in Hell

n.d.

Beatrice

1775/1776