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,John Hamilton Mortimer

85 works

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Etching of allegorical figures: a blindfolded woman gestures toward a book labeled Nature while a child holds a mirror.

Comedy

1778

Etching of a grieving woman leaning on a rock above a body lying in the surf, with a bird in the sky.

Elegy

1778

Etching of a seated classical woman holding a bowl beside an urn and reclining figure, with billowing clouds, titled Tragedy.

Tragedy

1778

Etching of a turbaned man resting his chin on his hand, seated on a stone ledge by water beneath a leafy tree.

Reposo

1778

Etching of a bearded man in armor and cloak seated on a bank beside a helmet, with trees overhead and a sheet in hand.

Salvator Rosa

1778

Etching of an armored man seated on a rock pointing forward while two bearded companions look on, with trees and a spear.

Banditti Taking His Post

1778

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.

Etching of a seated woman with a flower wreath reaching toward a shepherd beside a resting goat under a tree.

Vrouw zit aan een strik in het haar van een herder, die op een fluit blaast

1778

Engraving of a draped woman with a chalice beside a reclining man, smoke behind her and classical urns at right.

Vrouw met kelk in haar hand staat bij het lichaam van een man

1778

Etching of a draped woman pointing to a book labeled NATURA beside a child with a mirror and a grotesque figure.

Vrouw wijst naar een bladzijde in een boek met afbeelding van een staande man

1778

Etching of a grieving woman on a rock above the sea, with a drowned man lying in the waves below.

Vrouw zit op een rots aan het strand en rouwt om een verdronken man

1778

Etching of a merman with a horned face coiling around a large fish in rough sea waves under a cloudy sky.

Meerman wurgt een grote vis

1778

Etching of four merman-like sea monsters wrestling a serpent in rough waves under a cloudy sky.

Vier meermannen wurgen een zeemonster

1780

Etching of a bearded man in classical dress seated outdoors beside a helmet, reading, with trees and rocks behind him.

Portret van Salvator Rosa

1778

Etching of a bearded old man with a walking stick beside an easel with sketches, outdoors among plants and trees.

Portret van Gerard de Lairesse met kruk

1778

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.

Etching of grotesque hybrid sea monsters with a coiling serpent in churning water under a cloudy sky.

Revengeful Monsters

1780

Beatrice

1775/1776

Bardolph, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare"

May 20, 1775