Fishermen
Medium
Pen and black ink on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
36.8 × 41.9 cm (14 1/2 × 16 1/2 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
213934
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
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 matr...
About the Artist
John Hamilton Mortimer · 1740–1779
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