Heads of three bandits: one holds a sword with an engraved hilt and blade. Etching by J. Haynes, 1780, after J.H. Mortimer.

  • Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740-1779.
Date:
Feb.y 1 1780
Reference:
3063640i
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Description

A middle-aged man on the left wears a turban, the young man in the centre wears a beret, and the toothless old man on the right wears a metal helmet with cushions attached, and a breastplate. The three heads also show different expressions: wary on the left, relaxed in the middle, fierce on the right

Publication/Creation

[London] (Norfolk Street, Strand) : J. Mortimer ; [London] (Cheapside) : J. Boydell, Feb.y 1 1780.

Physical description

1 print : etching, in circle on square plate ; image diameter 32 cm, platemark 35.3 x 35.3 cm

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Lettering

Banditti. Drawn by I. Mortimer. Etch'd by I. Haynes.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3063640i

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