Musical Monster

1778

John Hamilton Mortimer

Associated Names
John Hamilton Mortimer

Artist, British, 1740 - 1779

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on heavy laid paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    plate: 23.5 × 17.2 cm (9 1/4 × 6 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 42.7 × 28 cm (16 13/16 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.53.73

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Sunderland 1986, no. 140.13

  • Series Title

    Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(William Weston Gallery, London, 28 February 1985); 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. 140.13

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: MUSICAL MONSTER. Publish'd Dec.r 8, 1778 by I Mortimer; by later hand, lower right in brown ink: J Mortimer

Wikidata ID

Q77259481

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