Enraged Monster by John Hamilton Mortimer (1778)

Etching of an enraged coiled sea monster with a bearded face and a second serpent head in choppy water.

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Enraged Monster (no.9 from Fifteen Etchings dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds), John Hamilton Mortimer (1778), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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This etching shows a fierce, horned creature with a bearded human-like face coiled around a scaly serpentine body that rises from the water. A second monstrous head with open jaws and a tongue appears at the lower center, and a distant coastline and cloudy sky frame the scene. The print is titled Enraged Monster (no.9 from Fifteen Etchings dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds) by John Hamilton Mortimer and dates to 1778.

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1778

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