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Sextus Pompeius consulting Erichtho before the Battle of Pharsalia
Details
John Hamilton Mortimer, A.R.A. (Eastbourne 1740-1779 London)
Sextus Pompeius consulting Erichtho before the Battle of Pharsalia
oil on canvas
23 x 18¼ in. (58.4 x 46.4 cm.)
Sextus Pompeius consulting Erichtho before the Battle of Pharsalia
oil on canvas
23 x 18¼ in. (58.4 x 46.4 cm.)
Provenance
with Morton Morris & Co., Ltd., where acquired by Christian B. Peper, 1986.
Literature
G. Benthall, John Hamilton Mortimer ARA Drawings and Engraved Works, with a Revised Account of his Life, typescript MS, completed 1950s, deposited in the Victoria and Albert Museum Library, p. 168.
D. Irwin, English Neoclassical Art: studies in inspiration and taste, London, 1966, p. 86, pl. 104.
R. Rosenblum, Transformations in late Eighteenth Century Art, Princeton, 1967, p. 11.
J. Sunderland, John Hamilton Mortimer: His Life and Works, Walpole Society, LII, 1988, p. 142, no. 51, fig. 81.
D. Irwin, English Neoclassical Art: studies in inspiration and taste, London, 1966, p. 86, pl. 104.
R. Rosenblum, Transformations in late Eighteenth Century Art, Princeton, 1967, p. 11.
J. Sunderland, John Hamilton Mortimer: His Life and Works, Walpole Society, LII, 1988, p. 142, no. 51, fig. 81.
Exhibited
London, Society of Artists, 1771, no. 84.
London, Hayward Gallery, Salvator Rosa, 17 October-23 December 1973, no. 138.
London, Hayward Gallery, Salvator Rosa, 17 October-23 December 1973, no. 138.
Engraved
R. Dunkarton, 1776
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