War Instigated by the Demon of Discord and Restrained by the Virtues, 1770s?

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Medium

pen and gray ink with gray and gray-brown wash, red chalk, and graphite on paper, laid down on an old mount

Dimensions

sheet: 24.3 × 21.3 cm (9 9/16 × 8 3/8 in.)(oval)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2017.53.78

Artists / Makers

John Hamilton Mortimer (artist) British, 1740 - 1779

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Inscription

On verso in pen and brown ink: War instigated by the Demon of Discord & restrained by the Virtues/By John Hamilton Mortimer; by a later hand at bottom verso in graphite: 02040 encircled

Provenance

(sale, Christie's, London, 8 July 1986, no. 80); Donald Vogler, Portland, OR; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
Vogler, Donald
Vogler, Thomas