1778
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Banditti Taking His Post is a 1778 ink by John Hamilton Mortimer, a Romanticism work, depicting Fishing, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white print shows a lone bandit crouched on a rocky ledge. His cloak billows in the wind while he peers down at a path below. The artist used rough lines and deep shadows to make the scene feel tense. Back in the 1700s, bandit stories were popular in books and plays. Mortimer turned one of those tales into a dramatic picture. The print mixes adventure with danger in a small but powerful way. Check out another etching by this same artist: Mortimer, John Hamilton.
John Hamilton Mortimer (17 September 1740 – 4 February 1779) was a British figure and landscape painter and printmaker, known for romantic paintings set in Italy, works depicting conversations, and works drawn in the…
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