Three Oriental Heads

1770/1775

John Hamilton Mortimer

Associated Names
John Hamilton Mortimer

Artist, British, 1740 - 1779

The image is a circular sketch featuring three figures shown from the shoulders up. The person on the left appears in profile, looking out to the left with distinct facial features, their hair pulled back under a stylized headdress with feather details. The central figure is slightly turned to the side, wearing an elaborate helmet adorned with a plume and intricate designs. The third person, also wearing a helmet, is obscured and facing right. The figures are dressed in drapery, and there is no background detail in the sketch.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink on laid paper; laid down

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Leger Galleries Ltd.

  • Dimensions

    overall (roundel): 9 cm (3 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1992.29.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Sunderland 1986, no. 141

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1986

  • Sunderland, John. "John Hamilton Mortimer: His Life and Works," Walpole Society 52 (1986): no. 141

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: TL?

Wikidata ID

Q64582771

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