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John Hamilton

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/chndm_1981-49-11-a_d
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Artworks (24)

L.D. Campbell's Tomb (verso)

1855 · albumen print from wet collodion negative

Image: 22.7 x 17.7 cm (8 15/16 x 6 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Partridges (recto); L.D. Campbell's Tomb (verso)

1855 · albumen print from wet collodion negative

Image: 23.9 x 19.3 cm (9 7/16 x 7 5/8 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Writing Set

1825 · hardstones including lapis lazuli, malachite, carnelian, agate, gold; original fitted velvet-lined case

Overall: 6.4 x 1.3 x 2 cm (2 1/2 x 1/2 x 13/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Pen from a Writing Set

1825 · hardstones including lapis lazuli, malachite, carnelian, agate, gold; original fitted velvet-lined case

Overall: 16.2 x 1 x 1 cm (6 3/8 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Seal from a Writing Set

1825 · hardstones including lapis lazuli, malachite, carnelian, agate, gold; original fitted velvet-lined case

Overall: 6.4 x 1.3 x 2 cm (2 1/2 x 1/2 x 13/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Ophelia, from Twelve Characters from Shakespeare

1809 · Etching on cream wove paper

Plate: 40.6 × 32.4 cm (16 × 12 13/16 in.); Sheet: 60.2 × 44.2 cm (23 3/4 × 17 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Poet

1809 · Etching on cream wove paper

Plate: 40.3 × 32.4 cm (15 7/8 × 12 13/16 in.); Sheet: 58 × 34.1 cm (22 7/8 × 13 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Caliban

1809 · Etching on cream wove paper

Plate: 40.3 × 32.4 cm (15 7/8 × 12 13/16 in.); Sheet: 58 × 34.1 cm (22 7/8 × 13 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Edgar

1809 · Etching on cream wove paper

Plate: 40 × 32.1 cm (15 3/4 × 12 11/16 in.); Sheet: 59.6 × 43.8 cm (23 1/2 × 17 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lear

1809 · Etching on cream wove paper

Plate: 40.3 × 32 cm (15 7/8 × 12 5/8 in.); Sheet: 58.7 × 44.4 cm (23 1/8 × 17 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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

1778 · etching on paper

height: 290 cm, width: 188 cm

Rijksmuseum

Fifteen etchings dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds

1778 · etching on paper

width: 200 cm, height: 301 cm

Rijksmuseum

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

1778 · Etching

Plate: 9 1/8 x 6 5/8 in. (23.1 x 16.8 cm) Sheet: 15 7/8 x 10 5/8 in. (40.3 x 27 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vijftien etsen opgedragen aan Joshua Reynolds

1778 · etching on paper

height: 292 cm, width: 190 cm

Rijksmuseum

Cassandra, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare"

1776 · Etching

Plate: 15 5/8 x 12 11/16 in. (39.7 x 32.2 cm) Sheet: 21 7/16 x 15 15/16 in. (54.4 x 40.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Richard II, from Twelve Characters from Shakespeare

1775 · Etching on cream wove paper

Plate: 40.2 × 42.4 cm (15 7/8 × 16 3/4 in.); Sheet: 60 × 40 cm (23 5/8 × 15 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Richard II

1775 · etching in brown ink

Sheet: 57.3 x 40.8 cm (22 9/16 x 16 1/16 in.); Image: 34.1 x 28 cm (13 7/16 x 11 in.); Platemark: 39.9 x 32.4 cm (15 11/16 x 12 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Fishermen

1774 · Pen and black ink on off-white laid paper

36.8 × 41.9 cm (14 1/2 × 16 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Sacrifice Interrupted

1770 · pen and brown ink

Sheet: 24.5 x 36 cm (9 5/8 x 14 3/16 in.); Secondary Support: 31.7 x 43.7 cm (12 1/2 x 17 3/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Banditti in a mountainous landscape

1770 · Pen and black ink

Sheet: 20 3/8 × 14 9/16 in. (51.8 × 37 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Beaching a Fishing Boat in a Gale

1770 · Pen and black ink

sheet: 8 x 11 in. (20.3 x 27.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Stripping the Slain

1768 · Pen and black ink

Overall: 9 3/8 x 7in. (23.8 x 17.8cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Reviewers' Cave

1765 · Pen and gray ink

Sheet: 11 7/16 × 14 1/4 in. (29 × 36.2 cm) Mount: 15 1/4 × 19 5/8 in. (38.7 × 49.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Classical Subject of Fighting

1760 · Pen and black and brown ink, traces of black chalk

Sheet: 9 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. (23.5 x 37.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (4)

24 published of 24 catalogued · 24 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
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Art Institute Chicago
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The Met
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Rijksmuseum
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8 entries · 1 sources

Vrouw wijst naar een bladzijde in een boek met afbeelding van een staande man
1778 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Writing Set
1825 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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A Sacrifice Interrupted
1770 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Richard II
1775 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Partridges (recto); L.D. Campbell's Tomb (verso)
1855 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Pen from a Writing Set
1825 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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L.D. Campbell's Tomb (verso)
1855 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Seal from a Writing Set
1825 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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