Head of a Soldier.
6.75 cms x 517.5 cms x 25.4 cms (2.66 ins x 203.74 ins x 2.66 ins)
Signed in plate only lower centre
Lot offered for sale by Saskatchewan NAC, Regina at the auction event "Canadian and International Prints and Photography" held on Sun, Sep 22, 2024.
Lot 267
Lot 267
Estimate: CAD $60 - $80
Sale price withheld by the Auction house
Sale price withheld by the Auction house
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Includes a copy of 1985 receipt from Craddock and Barnard (London UK). From the Gary Robertson Historical Print Collection (Regina).
Notes:
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.
Includes a copy of 1985 receipt from Craddock and Barnard (London UK). From the Gary Robertson Historical Print Collection (Regina).
Notes:
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.
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(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Saskatchewan NAC auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Saskatchewan NAC auction house for permission to use.