John Hamilton Mortimer, A.R.A. (Eastbourne 1740-1779 London)
A satyr embracing a woman
pen and black ink
6¾ x 5 3/8 in. (17 x 13.6 cm.), oval
John Hamilton Mortimer, A.R.A. (Eastbourne 1740-1779 London)
A satyr embracing a woman
pen and black ink
6¾ x 5 3/8 in. (17 x 13.6 cm.), oval
Dr Ernst Hauswedell; Hamburg, 4 June 1970, lot 255.
with John Baskett, London, where acquired by Christian Peper, 1971.
Etched in reverse by Charles Reuben Ryley, 1 March 1780.
G. Benthall, John Hamilton Mortimer, Drawings, Paintings and Engraved Works, with a revised account of his life, typescript manuscript, 1950, p. 215 as 'Nude Male and Female'.
J. Sunderland, 'John Hamilton Mortimer, His Life and Works', Walpole Society, LII, 1986, no. 162, pl. 282.
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