Killing an Enemy

1779

Robert Blyth, after John Hamilton Mortimer

Associated Names
Robert Blyth

Artist, British, 1750 - 1784

John Hamilton Mortimer

Artist After, British, 1740 - 1779

The image shows two figures in a dramatic pose. One figure stands with a sword, while the other figure is kneeling. Both have curly hair, wearing draped garments. The background includes spear tips and abstract foliage shapes under a cloudy sky. The drawing is detailed with etched lines for depth and texture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Thomas Vogler in memory of his brother Donald J. Vogler

  • 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

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Sunderland 1986, no. 71.4

  • Series Title

    Banditti Variously Employed

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

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