Enrag'd Monster

1778

John Hamilton Mortimer

Associated Names
John Hamilton Mortimer

Artist, British, 1740 - 1779

This is a drawing of a mythical sea creature. It has a humanoid face with exaggerated features and hair merging into fish-like scales and fins. The creature has a sinuous body and appears to be rising from the water. Its expression is fierce. The background features clouds and a hint of the sea, drawn in soft ink.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 23.4 × 17 cm (9 3/16 × 6 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 42.8 × 29 cm (16 7/8 × 11 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1978.51.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Sunderland 1986, no. 140.15

  • Series Title

    Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1986

  • Sunderland, John. "John Hamilton Mortimer: His Life and Works," Walpole Society 52 (1986): no. 140.15.

Wikidata ID

Q65572691

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