Fishermen
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One of many works produced late in John Mortimer’s career as designs for prints executed by his apprentice, Robert Blyth, this drawing reflects Mortimer’s interest in picturesque scenes of bandits, pirates, and smugglers. Blyth’s etching faithfully includes the vague or unfinished elements in the periphery of the this drawing, including the house at the right margin and the seemingly allegorical female figure on the left. As a natural outcome of translating a drawn invention onto a printing matrix, the etching reverses the direction of this drawing.
The museum’s own description, in English. Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Details
- Maker
- John Hamilton Mortimer, English, 1740-1779
- Date
- 1774
- Medium
- Pen and black ink on off-white laid paper
- Dimensions
- 36.8 × 41.9 cm (14 1/2 × 16 1/2 in.)
- Place of origin
- England
- Held by
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
- Credit line
- Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
