The Sucessful Monster Late 18th.Century Pen And Ink Drawing After John Hamilton Mortimer R.A Fencing in Berwick Street Soho

in Berwick Street Soho

He was also employed to turn the drawings made on Captain Cooks voyages into highly popular engravings

Ernest Henri Griset 1844-1907

In carved 18th

The sculpture was subsequently moved to Versailles

The Sucessful Monster Late 18th.Century Pen And Ink Drawing After John Hamilton Mortimer R.A Fencing in Berwick Street SohoLate 18th. Century pen and ink drawing The Sucessful Monster after the original etching by John Hamilton Mortimer R. A. 1740 1779. Drawn on Villedary Laid paper. 25. 4 by 34 cms Sheet. Circa. 1790. Beautifully executed pen and ink copy after Mortimers original etchings of monsters. Fantastical finned hybrids, the monsters are shown seducing or struggling with beautiful nymphs, while others are depicted fighting or interacting with other monsters. The