Banditti Taking His Post

1778

John Hamilton Mortimer

Associated Names
John Hamilton Mortimer

Artist, British, 1740 - 1779

The image shows three individuals positioned within a rocky, natural setting. The central figure is seated, facing left and extending an arm towards the other two individuals below him. He wears a helmet, sleeveless vest, knee-length shorts, and sandals. His hair is partly visible under the helmet. The other two individuals crouch beside a rock, one wearing a turban. In the foreground, there are rocks and sparse vegetation, with a spear and jug to the right. The background shows a distant landscape with clouds and tree branches.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    plate: 30 × 20.1 cm (11 13/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 43.3 × 29.3 cm (17 1/16 × 11 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.53.77

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Sunderland 1986, no. 140.9

  • Series Title

    Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(William Weston Gallery, London, 3 March 1986); 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. 140.9

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: BANDITTI taking his post / Publish'd Decr. 8, 1778; by later hand, lower left in graphite: (not deciphered) / 2 / 69

Wikidata ID

Q77259488

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