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John Hamilton Mortimer (17 September 1740 – 4 February 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
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Manner of John Hamilton Mortimer Rocky Landscape with Banditti
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After John Hamilton Mortimer Self-Portrait
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John Hamilton Mortimer I. The Hero Decides to Seek his Fortune
exhibited 1775 -
John Hamilton Mortimer IV. The Hero’s Father Blesses his Marriage
exhibited 1775 -
John Hamilton Mortimer III. The Hero Rescues the Prisoners
exhibited 1775 -
John Hamilton Mortimer The Captive
date not known
Artist as subject
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After John Hamilton Mortimer Self-Portrait
date not known
Features
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Art Term
Grand manner
Grand manner is an English term used widely from the eighteenth century to describe what was considered to be the …
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Art Term
Romanticism
Term in use by the early nineteenth century to describe the movement in art and literature distinguished by a new …
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Tate Papers
Gothic Romance and the Quixotic Hero:A Pageant for Henry Fuseli in 1783
Henry Fuseli (1741–1825) was one of the most inventive artists of his age, exploring the strange and fantastic in a …
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