John Hamilton Mortimer Art
English, 1740-1779
John Hamilton Mortimer was a British figure and landscape painter and printmaker, known for romantic paintings set in Italy, works depicting conversations and works drawn in the 1770s portraying war scenes, similar to those of Salvator Rosa. Mortimer became President of the Society of Artists in 1774, five years before his death, at age 39.
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Self-Portrait
By John Hamilton Mortimer
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
30 x 25 ⅛ inches; 762 x 638 mm
Verso: after Sir Joshua Reynolds, a self-portrait
Not signed
Painted c. 1758
Collections:
Philip Gell (1775–1842), Hopton Hall, Derbyshire;
By inheritance at Hopton Hall to his daughter, Isabella, who married William Pole Thornhill, who renounced Hopton and its contents in favour of his kinsman, Henry Chandos-Pole-Gell (1829–1902);
By descent to his son, Brigadier General Harry Chandos-Pole-Gell (1872–1934), who sold Hopton Hall in 1918 and moved the family to Newnham Hall, Northamptonshire;
By descent to his son, Lt Colonel John Chandos-Pole (1909–1993), Newnham Hall;
Thence by descent until 2015, when acquired
By descent to 2015;
Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd.
Literature:
Algernon Graves and Walter V. Cronin, A History of the works of Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A., London, 1901, IV, p. 1394.
David Manning...
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An English 18th century portrait of James Stanley, standing in a landscape
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Eighteenth century Old Master drawing - St Jerome
By John Hamilton Mortimer
Located in London, GB
Pen, ink and wash
Framed dimensions: 9 ½ x 11 ¼ inches
Drawn c. 1763
This small, powerful study shows St Jerome contemplating the bible with a cross and sk...
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Eighteenth century Old Master drawing - Apollo destroying Niobe's children
By John Hamilton Mortimer
Located in London, GB
Pen, ink and wash
Framed dimensions: 13 x 11 ¼ inches
Drawn c.1765
Verso: a study of a hanged man
Mortimer has filled this small sheet with action, depicting in the top right, Apollo and Artemis...
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18th Century Old Masters John Hamilton Mortimer Art
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