Killing an Enemy
1779
Artist, British, 1750 - 1784
Robert Blyth, after John Hamilton Mortimer
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid 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: 23.3 × 17.5 cm (9 3/16 × 6 7/8 in.)
sheet: 43 × 29 cm (16 15/16 × 11 7/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2017.53.87
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Catalogue Raisonné
Sunderland 1986, no. 71.4
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Campbell Fine Art, London, 4 May 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. 71.4
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: Drawn by J. H. Mortimer; lower center in plate: Killing an Enemy. / London Publish'd as the Act directs 15th Nob. 1779, by R. Blyth No. 27 Great Castle Street, Cavendish Square; lower right below plate: Etched by R. Blyth; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Box 38 T
Wikidata ID
Q77259502