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The image shows three individuals positioned within a rocky, natural setting. The central figure is seated, facing left and extending an arm towards the other two individuals below him. He wears a helmet, sleeveless vest, knee-length shorts, and sandals. His hair is partly visible under the helmet. The other two individuals crouch beside a rock, one wearing a turban. In the foreground, there are rocks and sparse vegetation, with a spear and jug to the right. The background shows a distant landscape with clouds and tree branches.
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The image shows three individuals positioned within a rocky, natural setting. The central figure is seated, facing left and extending an arm towards the other two individuals below him. He wears a helmet, sleeveless vest, knee-length shorts, and sandals. His hair is partly visible under the helmet. The other two individuals crouch beside a rock, one wearing a turban. In the foreground, there are rocks and sparse vegetation, with a spear and jug to the right. The background shows a distant landscape with clouds and tree branches.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Banditti Taking His Post

John Hamilton Mortimer

Date
1778
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 30 × 20.1 cm (11 13/16 × 7 15/16 in.) sheet: 43.3 × 29.3 cm (17 1/16 × 11 9/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2017.53.77
Credit line
Gift of Thomas Vogler in memory of his brother Donald J. Vogler
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Fifteen Etchings Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds

Subjects and terms

  • etching
  • fantasy
Provenance

(William Weston Gallery, London, 3 March 1986); Donald Vogler, Portland, OR; gift to NGA, 2017.

Inscription

lower center in plate: BANDITTI taking his post / Publish'd Decr. 8, 1778; by later hand, lower left in graphite: (not deciphered) / 2 / 69

NGA object ID 209715. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.