Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Department for International Trade, King Charles Street

Painter and etcher John Hamilton Mortimer was born in Eastbourne, Sussex; the son of a mill owner and customs officer. In 1756/7 he entered the studio of Thomas Hudson and later worked under Robert Edge Pine. Mortimer sketched at the Duke of Richmond’s sculpture gallery, St Martin’s Lane Academy and Shipley’s drawing academy. His success in winning premiums for history painting (1763, 1764) launched his career. He exhibited at the Society of Artists (1762–77), becoming Director (1768), Vice-President (1770) and President (1774–75). In the 1770s he painted scenes of witchcraft, monsters and bandits. He also painted literary subjects and illustrated books. Mortimer became an associate member of the Royal Academy in 1778. He died aged just 38.

Places

England, Deptford, River Thames, London, Deptford: Royal Dockyard

Subjects

rowing boat, topography, seascape/coastal scene, river, flag (as Subject), coat of arms, shipyard, dock, ship

Materials & Techniques

engraving, coloured engraving

Artist

Richard Paton (1717 - 1791)
William Woollett (1735 - 1785)
John Hamilton Mortimer (1740 - 1779)

Title

View of the Royal Dockyard at Deptford

Date

14 February 1775

Medium

Coloured engraving

Acquisition

Purchased from Frank T Sabin, April 1956

GAC number

3520