Artist: John Hamilton Mortimer (1740 - 1779)
Nationality: British
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
John Hamilton Mortimer studied under Hudson, where he befriended fellow student, Joseph Wright. The two became close friends and also shared similar subject matter and style. Mortimer painted portraits, Romantic subject paintings, and conversation pieces. In the 1770’s, he began painting scenes of soldiers much like those of Salvator Rosa. Very few of Mortimer’s paintings have survived but his work can be seen through their engravings. His previously haphazard mode of living was changed after he married in 1775. However, his life ended early four years later at the age of thirty-nine.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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Robert Blyth An Aga of the Janizaries Etching 18th century
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Robert Blyth Belisarius Etching 18th century
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Robert Blyth Banditti going out Etching 18th century
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PORTRAIT DE FEMME TENANT UN DESSIN OU UNE ESTAMPE DE L'ARTISTE (1775 entre ; 1779 et) by MORTIMER John Hamilton
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Robert Blyth Rustick Dancers Etching 18th century
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Robert Blyth A ship in a storm Etching 18th century
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Robert Blyth Banditti returning Etching 18th century
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Robert Blyth To Sir William Forbes Etching 18th century
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Robert Blyth Conversing with a Captive Etching 18th century
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Robert Blyth Soldiers in a fight Etching 18th century
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Robert Blyth Soldiers Family Etching 18th century
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Robert Blyth Nebuchadnezzar Recovering his Reason Etching 18th century
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Scène historique (4e quart 18e siècle ; 1ère moitié 19e siècle) by NORMAND Charles Pierre Joseph (attribué à) ; MORTIMER John Hamilton (inspiré par)
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Robert Blyth Caius Marius Sitting on the Ruins of Carthage Etching 18th century
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John Hamilton Mortimer A Series of Twelve Heads Illustrative of the Characters in Shakespear*s [sic] Plays ([London]: Thomas Palser, 1812) book with etchings 1812
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John Dixon An Incantation Mezzotint 1773
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La Bataille d'Azincourt (4e quart 18e siècle ; 1ère moitié 19e siècle) by NORMAND Charles Pierre Joseph (attribué à) ; MORTIMER John Hamilton (inspiré par)
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Alfred T. Agate - John Church Hamilton c. 1840 watercolor on ivory Smithsonian American Art Museum American
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John Trumbull - Alexander Hamilton c. 1792 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Trumbull - Alexander Hamilton c. 1806 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Robert Blyth Soldier's Funeral Etching 1781
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John Collier T. Hamilton Crawford 19th - 20th century
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Vase, John Hamilton Delany Wareham (United States)  (Designed by), circa 1900, Earthenware
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Vase, John Hamilton Delany Wareham (United States)  (Designed by), circa 1900, Earthenware
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John Samuel Agar Lady Dalrymple Hamilton stipple engraving 18th - 19th century
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George Romney - Sir William Hamilton 1783-1784 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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ALEXANDRE HAMILTON, MINISTRE DES FINANCES DES ETATS-UNIS (1757-1804) (1847) by HEALY George ; TRUMBULL John (d'après)
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Henry Fuseli - Dispute between Hotspur, Glendower, Mortimer and Worcester 1784 oil on canvas Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery Swiss
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Joseph Swan Hamilton Palace and Bothwell Castle, two images on sixth page of plates in the book Strath-Clutha or the Beauties of Clyde by John M. Leighton (Glasgow: Joseph Swan, [ca. 1840] wood engraving ca. 1840
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Sir Joshua Reynolds - Lady Elizabeth Hamilton 1758 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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George Romney - Lady Hamilton as 'Nature' 1782 oil on canvas The Frick Collection British
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Thomas Gainsborough - Lady Anne Hamilton c. 1777-80 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
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Richards and Hartley Wine glass Peerless or Lady Hamilton non lead glass circa 1875
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Reverends & John Hamilton
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Dolce far Niente, Hamilton Revelle (United States)  (Artist), circa 1922, Gelatin-silver print
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Mortimer L. Menpes The Sabot Shop etching 1881
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Mortimer L. Menpes Peshawar no.1 19th - 20th century
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Mortimer L. Menpes Peshawar no.2 19th - 20th century
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Mortimer L. Menpes Cashmere no.1 19th - 20th century
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Mortimer L. Menpes Cashmere no.2 19th - 20th century
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Mortimer L. Menpes Cashmere no.3 19th - 20th century
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Mortimer L. Menpes Mandalay 19th - 20th century
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Mortimer L. Menpes Delhi 19th - 20th century
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Joseph (?) John (?) Haynes Banditti Etching 1780
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Benjamin West - Maria Hamilton Beckford (Mrs. Willam Beckford) 1799 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Mortimer L. Menpes Limehouse Etching 19th - 20th century
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Laddie John Dill Portal #2 Color lithograph 1978
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Mortimer L. Menpes Portrait of J.A.M. Whistler Drypoint and etching circa 1890
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Mortimer L. Menpes Harbor with ships Etching 19th - 20th century
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William Hamilton Shakespeare - Coriolanus - Act V, Scene III. Line and Stipple Engraving with hand coloring. 18th - 19th century
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Mortimer Borne Portrait of Joseph Pennell Etching 20th century
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Hamilton J Hay The Encased Statue Drypoint 1913
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Domenico Cunego Andromache Bewailing the Death of Hector, after the painting by Gavin Hamilton Etching and engraving 1764
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Untitled, Mortimer Menpes (Australia, Port Adelaide, 1855 - 1938)  (Artist), 20th century, Etching
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William Hamilton Shakespeare - Winter's Tale - Act V, Scene III. Line and stipple engraving with hand coloring 18th - 19th century
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William Hamilton Shakespeare - Twelfth Night - Act V , Scene I. Line and Stipple Engraving with hand coloring. 18th - 19th century
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Mortimer L. Menpes Harbor with ships and wharfs Etching 19th - 20th century
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Mortimer L. Menpes Venetian Doorway Etching-drypoint 19th - 20th century
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John White Alexander, American, 1856-1915 Mrs. J. Randolph Coolidge, Jr. (Mary Hamilton Hill) 1894 Oil
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Costume Sketch of Lawrence Olivier as Captain Horatio Nelson in the Alexander Korda Films Production of ’That Hamilton Woman’, Emile Santiago , 1941, Pencil and gouache on board

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (5)
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Bartley and Company Art: Roger Mortimer : APOCRYPHA
As Brown notes he has “his tongue in his artistic cheek”. Mortimer is “in” but his ideas, he seems to suggest, are out – and certainly they are outside contemporary and popular culture. Mortimer derives inspiration from history and legend, f...
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University: Horrible Imaginings of John Hamilton Mortimer
Mortimer depicted monsters, Shakespearean subjects, and picturesque banditti. He also produced imaginary portraits of famous artists and more conventional images, such as seascapes. Mortimer's interest in emotionally charged subjects, such as Deat...
photoza: Photographics by Bruce Mortimer
Bruce believes in a balanced approach to his work, remaining directly involved in the production and marketing of his photographs, and spending time doing both professional and personal activities which often involve his wife and family. His three...
Detroit Institute of Art: THE FINE ART OF WOOD: THE BOHLEN COLLECTION
Explore this growing medium, where the vision of the artist and the possibilities of a single material combine to create dozens of amazing forms. Accom...
National Portrait Gallery: Gemma Levine: Portrait Photographer 25 years
Politics is represented by Baroness Thatcher and Tony Blair, Philosophy by Sir Isiah Berlin, Art by Elizabeth Frink, David Hockney and Henry Moore, Theatre by Dame Judi Dench, Sir John Gielgud and Sir Nigel Hawthorne. Other si...

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