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Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740–1779
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Smith, Francis, active 1763–1779
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oil paint
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Mortimer, John Hamilton (1740–1779), painter and etcher
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Mortimer, Thomas (1697–1774), a mill owner and customs officer
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Exhibition History
In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30)
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In the Company of Cats and Dogs (The Blanton Museum of Art, 2014-06-22 - 2014-09-21)
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Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Francis Smith, active 1763–1779
The Kizlar Agha (Chief Black Eunuch, Head Officer of the Palace)
ca. 1765
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John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Self-Portrait with His Father and His Brother
early 1760s
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