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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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John Hamilton Mortimer Sir Arthegal, the Knight of Justice, with Talus, the Iron Man (from Spenser’s ‘Faerie Queene’)
exhibited 1778
John Hamilton Mortimer George Thompson, his Wife and (?) his Sister-in-Law
c.1766–8
After John Hamilton Mortimer Self-Portrait
date not known
John Hamilton Mortimer A Sea Monster with Fish
date not known
John Hamilton Mortimer Caricature Heads
date not known
John Hamilton Mortimer Monstrous Male Figure, Caliban?
1770s
John Hamilton Mortimer The Captive
date not known
John Hamilton Mortimer I. The Hero Decides to Seek his Fortune
exhibited 1775
Artist as subject
After John Hamilton Mortimer Self-Portrait
date not known
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Gothic Romance and the Quixotic Hero:A Pageant for Henry Fuseli in 1783
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