Stripping the Slain

1779

Robert Blyth, after John Hamilton Mortimer

Associated Names
Robert Blyth

Artist, British, 1750 - 1784

John Hamilton Mortimer

Artist After, British, 1740 - 1779

This is a drawing of a soldier removing armor from a fallen opponent in a forested landscape. The fallen figure has a peaceful expression while the soldier is focused on the task. The background features dense line work creating a textured forest setting with swirling clouds or smoke. The artist used hatching and cross-hatching for depth and contrast.

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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: 23.8 × 17.5 cm (9 3/8 × 6 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 42.3 × 29.1 cm (16 5/8 × 11 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.53.88

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Sunderland 1986, no. 71.6

  • Series Title

    Banditti Variously Employed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Campbell Fine Art, London, 4 May 1992); 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. 71.6

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Drawn by J. H. Mortimer; lower center in plate: Stripping the Slain / London, publish'd as the Act directs 15th November 1779 by R Blyth No. 27 Great Castle Street, Cavendish Square; lower right in plate: Etched by R. Blyth; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Box 38 T

Wikidata ID

Q77259504

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