John Hamilton Mortimer
British (1740 - 1779)
John Hamilton Mortimer was a British printmaking artist.
From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an etching work attributed to John Hamilton Mortimer (1740-1779) was C$ - paid for "Head of a Soldier." at Saskatchewan NAC in Regina on Sun, Sep 22, 2024.
ArtValue.ca has one auction art sale record for their etching results, with prices in the range of C$50 to C$100.
ArtValue.ca has one auction art sale record for their etching results, with prices in the range of C$50 to C$100.
Notable Art Works
John Hamilton Mortimer was born in 1740 in Eastbourne, England. In his teens he studied at the Duke of Richmond's Academy, in London, then at the St Martin's Lane Academy, as well as studying under Sir Joshua Reynolds and Robert Edge Pine. He was known as a painter and etcher of historical subjects and portraits, as well as dramatic and Shakespearean scenes. John Hamilton Mortimer died in 1779, at age 38, in London.