Stripping the Slain
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: 23.8 × 17.5 cm (9 3/8 × 6 7/8 in.)
sheet: 42.3 × 29.1 cm (16 5/8 × 11 7/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2017.53.88
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Catalogue Raisonné
Sunderland 1986, no. 71.6
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. 71.6
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: Drawn by J. H. Mortimer; lower center in plate: Stripping the Slain / London, publish'd as the Act directs 15th November 1779 by R Blyth No. 27 Great Castle Street, Cavendish Square; lower right in plate: Etched by R. Blyth; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Box 38 T
Wikidata ID
Q77259504