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This image shows a group of figures in an outdoor setting near a tree with a net hanging from it. The figures are interacting with each other. Some are subdued or captured under the tree, while others in the foreground are energetically postured, holding weapons, or engaging with their surroundings. One figure reaches upwards. The ground is detailed with baskets, fish, and foliage. The use of line and shading creates a sense of depth and action, capturing a moment of tension or conflict.
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This image shows a group of figures in an outdoor setting near a tree with a net hanging from it. The figures are interacting with each other. Some are subdued or captured under the tree, while others in the foreground are energetically postured, holding weapons, or engaging with their surroundings. One figure reaches upwards. The ground is detailed with baskets, fish, and foliage. The use of line and shading creates a sense of depth and action, capturing a moment of tension or conflict.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Banditti Robbing Fishermen

Peter Perez Burdett, after John Hamilton Mortimer

Date
1771
Medium
etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate): 36 × 45.7 cm (14 3/16 × 18 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2018.91.4
Credit line
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Time span
1751 to 1775
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • etching
  • crime
  • genre
Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Inscription

In plate, below image, at left: ortimer del.; in plate, below image, at right: P P Burdett sculp

Watermarks

Crowned cartouche with three small letters; countermark a single line of letters

NGA object ID 215400. 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.