Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
John Hamilton Mortimer (1740-1779), History painter
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Self Portraits
c.1762
Painting, half length. Untraced, formerly with descendants of the artist (illus. J. Sunderland, 'John Hamilton Mortimer, his Life and Works', Wal. Soc., LII, 1986, no.7, fig.22). Mortimer exhibited a self portrait Society of Artists, London, 1762 (74).
c.1765-70
Painting, Caricature Group.
c.1765
Painting, whole-length seated holding a gun, with his father (Thomas 1697-1774) and brother (Charles 1734-1803). Yale Center for British Art (B1981.25.466; illus. J. Sunderland, 'John Hamilton Mortimer, his Life and Works', Wal. Soc., LII, 1986, no.29). A version exhibited First Hundred Years, RA, 1951-52 (45), last sold Bonham’s, 13 December 1984, lot 207.
Painting[?], engraved V. Green 1779, half length holding a palette (illus. J. Sunderland, 'John Hamilton Mortimer, his Life and Works', Wal. Soc., LII, 1986, no.30, fig.47).
Painting, see NPG 234.
c.1775-78
Painting, bust length, in character with turban. Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne (J. Sunderland, 'John Hamilton Mortimer, his Life and Works', Wal. Soc., LII, 1986, no.107). Copy in the Tate Gallery (T1041); another sold Christie’s NY, 25 November 1998, lot 46. A related pen drawing in the Victoria and Albert Museum (E.328.1961) probably connected with the etching by R. Blyth 1782 (illus. J. Sunderland, 'John Hamilton Mortimer, his Life and Works', Wal. Soc., LII, 1986, fig.1); also engraved W. Watt 1833.
Doubtful Portraits
A portrait of an elegantly dressed young artist sketching by a tomb (Royal Academy), long attributed to Richard Wilson and called a portrait of Mortimer, is now considered to be an unknown artist painted by Mortimer, and a drawing in the British Museum (1859.7.9.70), exhibited as a self-portrait in 1974, probably shows James Paine (J. Sunderland, 'John Hamilton Mortimer, his Life and Works', Wal. Soc., LII, 1986, nos.44, 168).
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
c.1762
Painting, half length. Untraced, formerly with descendants of the artist (illus. J. Sunderland, 'John Hamilton Mortimer, his Life and Works', Wal. Soc., LII, 1986, no.7, fig.22). Mortimer exhibited a self portrait Society of Artists, London, 1762 (74).
c.1765-70
Painting, Caricature Group.
c.1765
Painting, whole-length seated holding a gun, with his father (Thomas 1697-1774) and brother (Charles 1734-1803). Yale Center for British Art (B1981.25.466; illus. J. Sunderland, 'John Hamilton Mortimer, his Life and Works', Wal. Soc., LII, 1986, no.29). A version exhibited First Hundred Years, RA, 1951-52 (45), last sold Bonham’s, 13 December 1984, lot 207.
Painting[?], engraved V. Green 1779, half length holding a palette (illus. J. Sunderland, 'John Hamilton Mortimer, his Life and Works', Wal. Soc., LII, 1986, no.30, fig.47).
Painting, see NPG 234.
c.1775-78
Painting, bust length, in character with turban. Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne (J. Sunderland, 'John Hamilton Mortimer, his Life and Works', Wal. Soc., LII, 1986, no.107). Copy in the Tate Gallery (T1041); another sold Christie’s NY, 25 November 1998, lot 46. A related pen drawing in the Victoria and Albert Museum (E.328.1961) probably connected with the etching by R. Blyth 1782 (illus. J. Sunderland, 'John Hamilton Mortimer, his Life and Works', Wal. Soc., LII, 1986, fig.1); also engraved W. Watt 1833.
Doubtful Portraits
A portrait of an elegantly dressed young artist sketching by a tomb (Royal Academy), long attributed to Richard Wilson and called a portrait of Mortimer, is now considered to be an unknown artist painted by Mortimer, and a drawing in the British Museum (1859.7.9.70), exhibited as a self-portrait in 1974, probably shows James Paine (J. Sunderland, 'John Hamilton Mortimer, his Life and Works', Wal. Soc., LII, 1986, nos.44, 168).
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.