In Tate Britain
Prints and Drawings Room
View by appointment- Artist
- John Hamilton Mortimer 1740–1779
- Medium
- Graphite and ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Support: 320 x 227 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996
- Reference
- T10126
Display caption
An 'ecorché' is plaster model of a human body with the skin removed, leaving the muscles displayed; such models allowed a close study of anatomy. Mortimer has used a very fine pen to depict the ecorché, working over the initial pencil underdrawing using light pen pressure. The ink has been applied in a dry scratchy manner with the pen not heavily loaded with ink. He has worked in short pen strokes describing the muscle formation with an economic use of line.
Gallery label, August 2004
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