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Artists›John Hamilton Mortimer

John Hamilton Mortimer

English, 1740–1779

WA-00048987

Eastbourne, UK

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109

Works in Collection

112

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate

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Artworks (109)

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

Paper Knife from a Writing Set

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

Overall: 20.3 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm (8 x 1 x 7/8 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

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

Falstaff

1809 · Etching on cream wove paper

Plate: 40.2 × 32.4 cm (15 7/8 × 12 13/16 in.); Sheet: 59.9 × 44.2 cm (23 5/8 × 17 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Shylock

1809 · Etching on cream wove paper

Plate: 40.4 × 32.2 cm (15 15/16 × 12 11/16 in.); Sheet: 59.3 × 43.7 cm (23 3/8 × 17 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cassandra, from Twelve Characters from Shakespeare

1809 · Etching on cream wove paper

Plate: 40 × 32.3 cm (15 3/4 × 12 3/4 in.); Sheet: 59.5 × 43.8 cm (23 7/16 × 17 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Beatrice

1809 · Etching on cream wove paper

Plate: 40.2 × 42.4 cm (15 7/8 × 16 3/4 in.); Sheet: 59.6 × 43.7 cm (23 1/2 × 17 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bardolph

1809 · Etching on cream wove paper

Plate: 40.5 × 42.4 cm (16 × 16 3/4 in.); Sheet: 60.5 × 43.2 cm (23 7/8 × 17 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

York, from Twelve Characters from Shakespeare

1809 · Etching on cream wove paper

Plate: 40 × 32.4 cm (15 3/4 × 12 13/16 in.); Sheet: 60.3 × 44.7 cm (23 3/4 × 17 5/8 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

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

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

Revengeful Monsters

1780 · etching on wove paper

sheet: 16.8 × 23.2 cm (6 5/8 × 9 1/8 in.), cut within platemark

National Gallery of Art

Sleeping Monsters

1780 · etching on pale blue-green paper

plate: 16.9 × 23.5 cm (6 5/8 × 9 1/4 in.) sheet: 22.2 × 29.5 cm (8 3/4 × 11 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Sleeping Monsters

1780 · Etching

Sheet: 6 1/8 x 8 9/16 in. (15.5 x 21.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Enrag'd Monster

1778 · etching on pale blue-green paper

plate: 23.5 × 16.9 cm (9 1/4 × 6 5/8 in.) sheet: 27.8 × 18.9 cm (10 15/16 × 7 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Banditti Taking His Post

1778 · etching on laid paper

plate: 30 × 20.1 cm (11 13/16 × 7 15/16 in.) sheet: 43.3 × 29.3 cm (17 1/16 × 11 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Banditti Taking His Post

1778 · etching on wove paper

sheet: 29 × 18.8 cm (11 7/16 × 7 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

A Captain of Banditti

1778 · etching on wove paper

plate: 30.4 × 20.2 cm (11 15/16 × 7 15/16 in.) sheet: 45.8 × 30 cm (18 1/16 × 11 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Successful Monster

1778 · etching on pale blue-green paper

sheet: 29.6 × 19.2 cm (11 5/8 × 7 9/16 in.), cut within platemark

National Gallery of Art

Jealous Monster

1778 · etching on pale green paper

sheet: 29.6 × 19.8 cm (11 5/8 × 7 13/16 in.) cut within platemark

National Gallery of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Rijksmuseum
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 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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A Sacrifice Interrupted
1770 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Seal from a Writing Set
1825 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Banditti Going out in the Morning
1773 · Tate · 1 prov
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An Ecorché Carrying a Shield
— · Tate · 1 prov
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Spectators in the Gallery
— · Tate · 1 prov
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Head of a Man in a Cloth Headdress
— · Tate · 1 prov
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Two Girls, in Profile, One Carrying a Jug
— · Tate · 1 prov
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I. The Hero Decides to Seek his Fortune
1775 · Tate · 1 prov
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Three Skeletons
— · Tate · 1 prov
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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