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: (100)
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Robert Blyth Banditti going out Etching 18th century
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Robert Blyth Belisarius Etching 18th century
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Robert Blyth An Aga of the Janizaries Etching 18th century
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Robert Blyth Soldiers in a fight Etching 18th century
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Robert Blyth Rustick Dancers 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 Family Etching 18th century
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Robert Blyth A ship in a storm Etching 18th century
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Robert Blyth Nebuchadnezzar Recovering his Reason Etching 18th century
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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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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. 1806 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Trumbull - Alexander Hamilton c. 1792 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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George Romney - Sir William Hamilton 1783-1784 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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John Samuel Agar Lady Dalrymple Hamilton stipple engraving 18th - 19th century
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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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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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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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Richards and Hartley Wine glass Peerless or Lady Hamilton non lead glass circa 1875
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Mortimer L. Menpes The Sabot Shop etching 1881
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Mortimer L. Menpes Delhi 19th - 20th century
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Mortimer L. Menpes Peshawar no.1 19th - 20th century
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Mortimer L. Menpes Mandalay 19th - 20th century
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Mortimer L. Menpes Cashmere no.3 19th - 20th century
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Mortimer L. Menpes Cashmere no.2 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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Benjamin West - Maria Hamilton Beckford (Mrs. Willam Beckford) 1799 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Reverends & John Hamilton
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Mortimer L. Menpes Limehouse Etching 19th - 20th century
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Mortimer L. Menpes Portrait of J.A.M. Whistler Drypoint and etching circa 1890
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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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Mortimer L. Menpes Harbor with ships Etching 19th - 20th century
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Mortimer Borne Portrait of Joseph Pennell Etching 20th century
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Percy Thomas La Belle Hamilton 1827
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George Cattermole Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh lithograph 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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William Hamilton Shakespeare - Coriolanus - Act V, Scene III. Line and Stipple Engraving with hand coloring. 18th - 19th century
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Henry Wolf Alexander Hamilton 1898
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James Hamilton Sailing Ships in San Francisco Harbor oil on canvas 1877
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Mortimer L. Menpes Panorama seen from St. Mark's basin,Venice Etching 19th - 20th century
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Mortimer L. Menpes Bargain stall outside a Paris shop Etching 19th - 20th 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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William Hamilton Shakespeare - Winter's Tale - Act V, Scene III. Line and stipple engraving with hand coloring 18th - 19th century
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Richard Hamilton Kent State Screenprint 1970
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Hamilton J Hay The New Lion, British Musuem, London Drypoint 1913
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Joseph (?) John (?) Haynes Banditti Etching 1780
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Laddie John Dill Portal #2 Color lithograph 1978
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William Hamilton Shakespeare - Love"s Labor Lost ,-Act IV, Scene I. Line and Stipple Engraving with hand coloring. 18th - 19th century
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Artist: Sir David Wilkie Title: The Hamilton Children Date: 1835 Medium: black and red chalk
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Alice Child Hamilton Silkscreen Study I color screenprint 1972
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Alice Child Hamilton Silkscreen Study IV color screenprint 1972
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Mortimer L. Menpes Santa Maria della Salute Etching-drypoint 19th - 20th century
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T.A. Dean James, Marquis of Hamilton 19th century
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Henry Meyer Lady Hamilton with Her Dog Mezzotint 18th - 19th 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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Artist: Henry Hamilton Bennett Title: Waiting for the Royal Family at Entrance to the Palace,
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Guillaume-Philippe Benoist Hamilton, Earl of Orkney 18th century
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Henry Wolf Portrait of Alexander Hamilton wood engraving 1898
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Henry Hamilton Bennett, American, 1843-1908 River Landsacape: Inkstand; Harriet and John Bennett in a Canoe,
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Henry Hamilton Bennett with his Family
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Anthony van Dyck - Lady Mary Villiers, later Duchess of Richmond and Lennox, with Charles Hamilton, Lord Arran c. 1636 oil on canvas North Carolina Museum of Art Flemish
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Timothy Cole Portrait of Alexander Hamilton 19th - 20th century
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Artist: Henry Hamilton Bennett Title: Into Palace at South Entrance, by Electric Light, St. Paul
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Artist: Julian Scott Title: Study for the Duel of Burr and Hamilton Date: 19th century
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Artist: Henry Hamilton Bennett Title: The palace, St. Paul Ice Carnival Date: 1886 Medium: 2
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J. Hamilton Mackenzie Old Cottages by the River Etching and drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Sir Joshua Reynolds The Duchess of Argyll and Hamilton (sketch for painting) oil on canvas 18th century
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John Joseph Barry San Juan Mission Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Jacobus Houbraken Portrait of George Hamilton, Earl of Orkney Engraving 1742
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Hugh Douglas Hamilton Portrait of a Gentleman colored chalks over black chalk 1775
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Joseph (?) John (?) Haynes St. Paul Preaching to the Britons Etching 18th - 19th century
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Maurice Quentin de La Tour Self-Portrait pastel on laid paper circa 1760
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Artist: attributed to James Hamilton Brown Title: Untitled Date: n.d. Medium: gelatin silver print Dimensions:
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Francesco Bartolozzi A Philosopher at the Unveiling of a Statue of Diana of Ephesus, after William Hamilton Etching and engraving 18th century
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Hamilton &Lovering Portrait of Emily Tucker as a baby ambrotype 19th century
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Multiple Artists Schola italica picturae (Rome: Gavin Hamilton, 1773) book with engravings 1773
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Multiple Artists Schola italica picturae (Rome: Gavin Hamilton, 1773) book with engravings 1773
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Boston and Sandwich Glass Co. Goblet with Hamilton pattern pressed lead glass circa 1860
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Lady Elizabeth Hamilton (1753-1797), Countess of Derby, 1776-78 George Romney (British, 1734-1802)Oil on canvas; 50
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Richard Hamilton - Pin-up 1961 oil, celluslose, and The Museum of Modern Art British
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William Dickes Studies from the Great Masters (London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., [ca. 1860]) book with color wood engravings 1860
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William Seltzer Rice Ancient Oak (Mt. Hamilton) Color block print circa 1935
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William Seltzer Rice The Ancient Oak (Mt. Hamilton) Color block print circa 1935
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A. J. Mc Donald The Great Equatorial Telescope Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton albumen print mounted on paperboard circa 1900
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Louis-Nicolas or Henri-Joseph van Blarenberghe Landscape with Churchyard graphite under opaque watercolor on parchment , ruled black ink along edges 18th century
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Louis-Nicolas or Henri-Joseph van Blarenberghe Landscape with Two Fishermen graphite under opaque watercolor on parchment, ruled black ink along edges 18th century
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Mortimer Smith - Home Late 1866 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Mortimer L. Smith - Winter Landscape 1878 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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William Hamilton Illustration for Autumn, opposite page 143 in the book The Seasons by James Thomson (London: F. J. du Roverayä, 1802) engraving 1801

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (4)
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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...

Further Artwork and Information:

John Hamilton Mortimer (1740 - 1779) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
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Mortimer. The Poet
John Hamilton Mortimer ARA, 1740-1779. (in MARION)
John Hamilton Mortimer (1740-1779), History painter
Robert Blyth - The Gypsies
Hamilton Hamilton (1698 - 1737) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
SALON Features: John Mortimers Bookbag

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