Banditti Taking His Post

1778

John Hamilton Mortimer

Associated Names
John Hamilton Mortimer

Artist, British, 1740 - 1779

The image shows a group of men. One man is seated on a rock, holding a spear in his left hand and appears to be talking with two other men in the scene. The seated man wears a helmet with a plume, chainmail tunic, shorts with a decorative pattern, and sandals. His long hair extends down his back. One man wears a turban and looks focused, while the other leans forward behind a rock. The background features trees, a cloudy sky, and rocks framing the group, and a large jug is in the foreground next to the seated man.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 30 × 20.1 cm (11 13/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 42.4 × 29 cm (16 11/16 × 11 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1978.51.12

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Sunderland 1986, no. 140.9

  • 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. 140.9

Wikidata ID

Q65572714

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