Musical Monster
1778
Artist, British, 1740 - 1779
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on heavy laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Vogler in memory of his brother Donald J. Vogler
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Dimensions
plate: 23.5 × 17.2 cm (9 1/4 × 6 3/4 in.)
sheet: 42.7 × 28 cm (16 13/16 × 11 in.) -
Accession
2017.53.73
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Catalogue Raisonné
Sunderland 1986, no. 140.13
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(William Weston Gallery, London, 28 February 1985); Donald Vogler, Portland, OR; gift to NGA, 2017.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1986
Sunderland, John. "John Hamilton Mortimer: His Life and Works," Walpole Society 52 (1986): no. 140.13
Inscriptions
lower center in plate: MUSICAL MONSTER. Publish'd Dec.r 8, 1778 by I Mortimer; by later hand, lower right in brown ink: J Mortimer
Wikidata ID
Q77259481