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,John Hamilton Mortimer

85 works

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Etched oval portrait of a bearded man in a cap holding coins, titled Shylock, from Twelve Characters from Shakespeare.

Shylock, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare"

March 15, 1776

Duke of York, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare"

March 15, 1776

Etching of grotesque sleeping monsters with scaly bodies lying by a pool among reeds, with fish and shells on the shore.

Sleeping Monsters

January 25, 1780

Etching of an enraged coiled sea monster in rough waves beneath a cloudy sky, with a bearded figure above.

Enrag'd Monster, from "Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds"

December 8, 1778

Etching of a bearded seated man in armor and cloak beside a helmet, holding a sketch, under trees.

Salvator Rosa, from "Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds"

December 8, 1778

Etched frontispiece with a dedication inscription on a rock, a seated boy gesturing, a turbaned man, and a sketchbook among t

Frontispiece, from "Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds"

December 8, 1778

Etching of an armored man seated on a rock pointing while two turbaned men look on, with trees and a spear nearby.

Banditti Taking His Post, from "Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds"

December 8, 1778

Etching of a horned monster playing panpipes beside a sleeping figure, with a skull and bones in the grass.

Musical Monster, from "Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds"

December 8, 1778

Etching of an elderly bearded man with a staff beside a seated woman at an easel, with trees and rocks in the background.

Gerard Lairesse, from "Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds"

December 8, 1778

Etching of a bandit captain pointing while an armored soldier sits on a stone wall, a turbaned figure peering over behind the

A Captain of Banditti Sending Out a Party, from "Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds"

December 8, 1778

Etching of a classically draped woman seated beside an urn, gazing upward at clouds, with a reclining figure at her feet.

Tragedy, from "Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds"

December 8, 1778

Etching of a blindfolded woman reaching to a book labeled Nature, with a child holding a mirror and an old man beside a pedes

Comedy, from "Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds"

December 8, 1778

Etching of a grieving woman on a rocky cliff above a drowned figure in rough sea waves.

Elegy, from "Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds"

December 8, 1778

Etching of two wreathed figures in a pastoral landscape with a goat, basket and overhanging tree branch.

Pastoral, from "Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds"

December 8, 1778

Etching of a grotesque man clutching a nude woman above rough waves, with a scaled sea monster rising beneath them.

Jealous Monster, from "Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds"

December 8, 1778

Etching of a woman restraining a bearded sea monster with a fish tail on a rocky shore, with shells and reeds.

Successful Monster, from "Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds"

December 8, 1778

Engraving of the Virgin Mary teaching the young Saint John, with a sleeping infant on her lap and a small cross nearby.

The Virgin Teaching St. John

1766

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a feathered headdress with wheat, holding a bundle of wheat stalks, looking to the side.

Edgar, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare"

May 20, 1775

Etched oval portrait of a man in a laurel wreath holding a quill pen, titled Poet, with Shakespearean verse below.

Poet, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare"

May 20, 1775

Engraving of Caliban in an oval frame, showing a feathered, grotesque figure with clawed hands and a quotation below.

Caliban, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare"

May 20, 1775

Engraving of a bearded, nude man seated on a rock, gazing upward toward light in a rugged landscape.

Nebuchadnezzar Recovering His Reason

October 20, 1782