A Captain of Banditti
1778
Artist, British, 1740 - 1779
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on wove paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Vogler in memory of his brother Donald J. Vogler
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Dimensions
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.) -
Accession
2017.53.71
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Catalogue Raisonné
Sunderland 1986, no. 140.11
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Campbell Fine Art, London, 2 August 1992); Donald Vogler, Portland, OR; gift to NGA, 2017.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1986
Sunderland, John. "John Hamilton Mortimer: His Life and Works," Walpole Society 52 (1986): no. 140.11
Inscriptions
lower center in plate: A CAPT.N of BANDITTI sending out a party / Publish'd Dec.r 8, 1778, by I. Mortimer; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 8SB 29 IX 102 by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: AN 10215
Wikidata ID
Q77259473