John Hamilton Mortimer

1740–1779

John Hamilton Mortimer, ‘Sir Arthegal, the Knight of Justice, with Talus, the Iron Man (from Spenser’s ‘Faerie Queene’)’ exhibited 1778
Sir Arthegal, the Knight of Justice, with Talus, the Iron Man (from Spenser’s ‘Faerie Queene’) exhibited 1778
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John Hamilton Mortimer (1740–1779) was a British figure and landscape painter and printmaker, known for romantic paintings set in Italy, works depicting conversations, and works drawn in the 1770s portraying war scenes, similar to those of Salvator Rosa.

Mortimer became President of the Society of Artists in 1774, five years before his death, at age 39.

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