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The image shows a close-up of three male figures, each showing their shoulders and heads within a circular frame. The person on the right has sharp facial features, a mustache, and a cap or turban with feather-like details. The central figure has textured, curly hair and appears youthful. The third person on the left wears a distinctive turban. The figures wear layered, draping fabrics. The central figure rests his chin on the hilt of a large, engraved sword. The background is a densely textured pattern.
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The image shows a close-up of three male figures, each showing their shoulders and heads within a circular frame. The person on the right has sharp facial features, a mustache, and a cap or turban with feather-like details. The central figure has textured, curly hair and appears youthful. The third person on the left wears a distinctive turban. The figures wear layered, draping fabrics. The central figure rests his chin on the hilt of a large, engraved sword. The background is a densely textured pattern.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Banditti: Three Heads

Joseph Haynes, after John Hamilton Mortimer

Date
1780
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 35.4 × 33.3 cm (13 15/16 × 13 1/8 in.) sheet: 38 × 33.3 cm (14 15/16 × 13 1/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2017.53.93
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

Subjects and terms

  • etching
  • fantasy
Provenance

(William Weston Gallery, 8 July 1985); Donald Vogler, Portland, OR; gift to NGA, 2017.

Inscription

by later hand, lower left in pen and ink: Drawn by J. Mortimer.; by later hand, lower center in pen and ink: Banditti. / Publish'd as the Act directs Feb.y 1st, 1780, by J. Mortimer, Norfolk Street, Strand, and J. Boydell, Cheapside; by later hand, lower right in pen and ink: Etch'd by J. Haynes

NGA object ID 209735. 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.