Live Auction 5472Old Master, 19th Century & British Drawings & Watercolours
John Hamilton Mortimer, A.R.A. (Eastbourne 1741-1779 London)
Lot 1178

John Hamilton Mortimer, A.R.A. (Eastbourne 1741-1779 London)

Ram's Head, Classical Pedastal and Winged Female Torso (recto); and Sketch for Scorpio (verso)

Closed9 December 2010

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GBP 3,000

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John Hamilton Mortimer, A.R.A. (Eastbourne 1741-1779 London)
Ram's Head, Classical Pedastal and Winged Female Torso (recto); and Sketch for Scorpio (verso)
signed 'Mortimer' (upper right) and inscribed 'alabraindieri' (lower right), and indistinctly inscribed 'SCORPIO' (lower right, on the reverse)
pencil, pen and black ink
9 x 6 in. (22.8 x 15.2 cm.)

Edward Basil Jupp; Christie's, 6 May 1884, part of lot 229 (195 gns to Waller).
Thomas William Waller.
Elizabeth Stauffer Moore and by descent to Elizabeth Richardson Simmons; Christie's, London, 12 November 1968, lot 129.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 11 July 1989, lot 18, where purchased by the present owner.