JOHN HAMILTON MORTIMER, A.R.A. (EASTBOURNE 1740-1779 LONDON) AND THOMAS JONES (TREVONEN, POWYS 1742-1803 PENCERRIG, POWYS) - photo 1
JOHN HAMILTON MORTIMER, A.R.A. (EASTBOURNE 1740-1779 LONDON) AND THOMAS JONES (TREVONEN, POWYS 1742-1803 PENCERRIG, POWYS) - photo 2
JOHN HAMILTON MORTIMER, A.R.A. (EASTBOURNE 1740-1779 LONDON) AND THOMAS JONES (TREVONEN, POWYS 1742-1803 PENCERRIG, POWYS) - photo 3

JOHN HAMILTON MORTIMER, A.R.A. (EASTBOURNE 1740-1779 LONDON) AND THOMAS JONES (TREVONEN, POWYS 1742-1803 PENCERRIG, POWYS)

Lot 191
08.12.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 191 | JOHN HAMILTON MORTIMER, A.R.A. (EASTBOURNE 1740-1779 LONDON) AND THOMAS JONES (TREVONEN, POWYS 1742-1803 PENCERRIG, POWYS)
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£ 20 000 – 40 000
JOHN HAMILTON MORTIMER, A.R.A. (EASTBOURNE 1740-1779 LONDON) AND THOMAS JONES (TREVONEN, POWYS 1742-1803 PENCERRIG, POWYS)

The Death of Orpheus

oil on canvas

60 ¼ x 57 ¼ in. (153 x 145.5 cm.)





Provenance

(Possibly) Mrs John Hamilton Mortimer, the artist's widow; Christie's, London, 25 March 1808, lot 63, where unsold.

J.W. Steers, by 1817; his sale (†), Christie's, London, 3 June 1826, lot 53, 26 gns. to the following,

Joseph Strutt (1765-1844), Derby, and by descent through his nephew,

Edward Strutt, 1st Lord Belper (1801-1880), and by descent to,

Major (Alexander) Ronald George Strutt, 4th Lord Belper (1912-1999), Kingston Hall, Nottingham; Christie's, London, 18 March 1977, lot 140, where acquired by the present owner.



Literature

'Memoirs of Thomas Jones', The Walpole Society, XXXII, 1946-8, pp. 22 and 23.

G. Benthall, John Hamilton Mortimer ARA Drawings and Engraved Works, with a Revised Account of his Life, typescript MS, completed 1950s, in the Victoria and Albert Museum Library, p. 139.

J. Sunderland, 'John Hamilton Mortimer: His Life and Works', The Walpole Society, LII, 1986, pp. 135 and 136, no. 35 and fig. 41.



Exhibited

(Possibly) London, Society of Artists, 1770, no. 61.

(Possibly) London, Berners Street, 1803, no. 408.

(Possibly) London, British Institution, 1806, no. 80.

London, British Institution, 1817, no. 35, lent by J.W. Steers.

London, Tate Gallery, The Romantic Movement, 10 July-27 September 1959, no. 260.
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