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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1990.56
People
John Hamilton Mortimer, British (Eastbourne, England 1740 - 1779 London)
Title
Salvator Rosa
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1776
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294419

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink on off-white antique laid paper
Dimensions
27.8 x 20.7 cm (10 15/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, on book: JH Mortimer/1776

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sir George Beaumont. Sir John and Lady Witt, sale [Sotheby's, London, February 19, 1987, lot 46; Lugt 646a]. [W.M. Brady & Co., New York] sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1990

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alvin Whitley Fund
Accession Year
1990
Object Number
1990.56
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Gilbert Benthall, John Hamilton Mortimer, A.R.A., His Pictures, Drawings and Engraved Works with a Revised Account of His Life (1950-1959).
  • Benedict Nicolson, John Hamilton Mortimer ARA, 1740-1779: Paintings, Drawings and Prints, exh. cat., The Foundation (London, 1968), cat.no. 29
  • Michael Kitson, Salvator Rosa, exh. cat., Hayward Gallery (London, 1973), no. 135
  • Drawings, Watercolours and Paintings from the Collection of the late Sir John and Lady Witt, auct. cat., Sotheby's, London (London, February 19, 1987), lot 46, repr.
  • Felicity Owen and David Blayney Brown, Collector of Genius: A Life of Sir George Beaumont, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT, 1988), pl. 8, p. 19
  • John Sunderland, John Hamilton Mortimer: His Life and Works, The Walpole Society (London, 1988), cat.no. 140.7a, fig. 252
  • "Acquisitions", Director's Report (Harvard University Art Museums) (1990), 1989-90, p. 41, repr. on cover
  • Master Drawings 1760-1880, auct. cat., W. M. Brady & Co., Inc. (New York, 1990), no. 6, repr.
  • Miriam Stewart, "Mortimer's 'Salvator Rosa': A Portrait of the Artists", News from the Harvard University Art Museums (January - February 1991), III, p. 2, repr.
  • Edward Saywell, "Guide to Drawing Terms and Techniques", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), vol. VI, no. 2, pp. 30-39, p. 30 under "Carbon black ink"
  • Edward Saywell, Behind the Line: The Materials and Techniques of Old Master Drawings, Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 1998), vol. 6, no. 2, checklist no. 22, p. 27
  • Night Thoughts: Romantic Drawings from the Brandt Collection, auct. cat. (London, 2023), pp. 12, 14, repr.

Exhibition History

  • John Hamilton Mortimer ARA, 1740-1779: Paintings, Drawings and Prints, Towner Art Gallery, 07/06/1968 - 09/03/1968; Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood House, 09/10/1968 - 10/08/1968
  • Salvator Rosa, Hayward Gallery, 10/17/1973 - 12/23/1973
  • Master Drawings 1760-1880, W. M. Brady & Co., Inc., 05/02/1990 - 05/22/1990
  • Behind the Line: The Materials and Techniques of Old Master Drawings, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/03/1998 - 12/30/1998
  • A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions of Prints and Drawings from 1480 to 1940, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/25/2000 - 07/02/2000
  • 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/02/2022 - 09/26/2022

Subjects and Contexts

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