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Oval portrait of a woman with a tall pearl-adorned hairstyle, resting her arm on a stack of books.

An Unknown Woman

John Hamilton Mortimer

Three men in 18th-century dress in an interior; one seated with a checked cushion, two standing holding cues.

Reverend Charles Everard Booth DD (c.1726-1792), Captain Griffith Booth, RN, and an Unidentified Man playing Billiards

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740

Painting of a kneeling man, a seated woman bowing her head, and a turbaned man raising his arm in a dim interior.

IV. The Hero’s Father Blesses his Marriage

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1775

Painting of an armored hero with spears gesturing to seated prisoners, a turbaned attendant behind him, and a sheep in the fo

III. The Hero Rescues the Prisoners

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1775

Painting of a warrior adjusting a laurel wreath beside a seated figure at a table, with armor and onlookers in the background

I. The Hero Decides to Seek his Fortune

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1775

Older man blesses a kneeling armored warrior as a veiled woman and two attendants watch in a dim room with hanging armor.

II. The Hero’s Father Blesses his Departure

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1775

Etching of a bearded man in a turban with a skeleton figure perched above his head, with verse below.

Richard II", Act III, Scene II

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1775

Engraved oval portrait of Cassandra with headband and wavy hair, eyes wide, one hand raised, from Troilus and Cressida.

Cassandra, "Troilus and Cressida", Act II, Scene IV

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1776

Bardolph, "Henry IV", Part II, Act II, Scene IX

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1775

Engraved oval portrait of a poet with laurel wreath and quill pen, with a Shakespeare verse printed below.

'Poet, from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act V, Scene i'

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1775

Etching of Caliban from The Tempest, showing a grotesque face, feathered headdress and clawed hand within an oval frame.

Caliban, from The Tempest

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1775

Etching of a bandit captain pointing while an armored soldier sits on a parapet and a turbaned figure peers over.

Captain of Banditti sending out a party (no.10 from Fifteen Etchings dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds)

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1778

Etching of blindfolded allegorical figure Comedy reading a book inscribed Nature, with a child and a masked figure beside a p

Comedy (no.12 from Fifteen Etchings dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds)

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1778

Etching of an armored soldier seated on a rock pointing ahead, with two turbaned men beside him and trees and sea behind.

Banditti taking his post (no.4 from Fifteen Etchings dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds)

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1778

Etching of two bearded men with swords, one leaning on a broken pillar, under a tree, watching a distant landscape.

Banditti on the lookout (no.5 from Fifteen Etchings dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds)

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1778

Oval portrait of a man in a pale turban and brown cloak, hand to chin, looking sideways against a dark background.

Self Portrait in Character

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740

Oval bust portrait of a woman with powdered grey hair, pale blue dress and lace fichu against a dark background.

Mary, Second Wife of Reverend Henry Lushington, DD

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1777

Four men in 18th-century dress with hunting dogs and a horse beside a stone pedestal and sculpture in a wooded park.

A Shooting Party at Cavenham Park, Bury St Edmunds, Sir Simon le Blanc and Nephews

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740

Portrait of a Lady (called 'Mrs Wells')

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1777

Two gentlemen stand outdoors with a saddled horse and a hound beside an urn on a stone pedestal under a tree.

John Frederick Sackville (1745-1799), 3rd Duke of Dorset, and Mr Ralph Petley of Riverhead

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1770

Painting of a seated artist drawing as an older man watches, with a young student and plaster busts in a studio.

The Artist with Joseph Wilton and a Student

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740

Oval portrait of an elderly man in a white wig, black gown, white bands and red hood against a brown background.

Henry Lushington (1709?-1779), DD, Scholar

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1770

Oil portrait of a young man in a red coat holding a sketchbook, leaning against an ivy-covered stone pedestal before a landsc

Portrait of a Young Artist

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1765

Oval portrait of a clergyman in a white wig, white bands, black gown and red sleeves against an olive background.

Reverend Henry Lushington, DD

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1777

Armed men in armour and turbans at a cave mouth, with a bare-shouldered young woman standing at right, head bowed.

The Sacrifice of Polyxena (Banditti Returning)

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740

Oval portrait of an elderly woman in a white lace bonnet, blue bodice and white fur-trimmed wrap against a brown background.

Mrs. Lushington

John Hamilton Mortimer

Painting of a man with a spear lunging at a fanged monster among dark trees.

Man attacking a monster

John Hamilton Mortimer

Painting of three men in an outdoor hunting scene with a rifle, game birds, two dogs and a pointing gesture.

Self-Portrait with His Father and His Brother

John Hamilton Mortimer

Man in a pale coat and a boy look together at a large print on a table beside a classical bust and window.

Portrait of a Man and a Boy Looking at Prints

John Hamilton Mortimer

The Poet, "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Act V, Scene I

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1775

Oval engraving of a wild-eyed man in a feathered headdress holding wheat, with a verse inscription below.

Edgar, "King Lear", Act III, Scene III

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1775

Engraved oval portrait of Falstaff, a bearded man in a ruff collar raising a goblet, by John Hamilton Mortimer, 1776.

Falstaff. Second part Henry IV, Act V, Scene 4th. "There's a merry heart good master Silence

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1776