Self-Portrait of John Hamilton Mortimer "in Character"
1840s?
Artist, American, 1809 - 1883
Waterman Lily Ormsby, after John Hamilton Mortimer
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
sheet: 6.5 × 12.4 cm (2 9/16 × 4 7/8 in.)
mount: 29.8 × 21.6 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/2 in.) -
Accession Number
2017.53.81
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Donald Vogler, Portland, OR; gift to NGA, 2017.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower center in plate: W.L. Ormsby Sc.; by later hand, lower center in graphite: Mortimer
Wikidata ID
Q77259492