Sleeping Monsters
1780
Artist, British, 1740 - 1779
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on pale blue-green 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: 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.) -
Accession
2017.53.74
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Catalogue Raisonné
Sunderland 1986, no. 184a
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Series Title
Twelve Etchings
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(William Weston Gallery, London, 28 February 1985); 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. 184a.
Inscriptions
lower center in plate: SLEEPING MONSTERS. / Published as the Act directs Jan. 25, 1780 by J. Mortimer, Norfolk Street, Strand; lower right in plate: I. Mortimer Del et Sculp.
Wikidata ID
Q77259483