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Edward the Confessor Stripping His Mother of Her Effects

Maker (British, 1741-1779)
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Dateca.1763
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions24 1/4 x 19 3/4 in. (61.6 x 50.2 cm.)
DescriptionThis is a small preparatory sketch for Mortimer's first large history painting, which was completed in 1763 and is now lost.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
On view
Object number78.8
Illustration to "The Commissioner," The Disagreeable Effects
Hablot Knight Browne (called PHIZ)
n.d.
Object number: 80.5.17
Saint Alphége; Saint Edward the Confessor
Unknown, British
1910
Object number: 2000.5.705
Tabard Inn, Outside
John Hamilton Mortimer
n.d.
Object number: 69.48
Distiller
John Hamilton Mortimer
n.d.
Object number: 67.9
William Harris
John Hamilton Mortimer
n.d.
Object number: 67.44
Biblical Subject
John Hamilton Mortimer
n.d.
Object number: 67.41
Four Figures in Combat
John Hamilton Mortimer
n.d.
Object number: 72.39
Sheet of Character Studies
John Hamilton Mortimer
1771
Object number: 71.15
Drake Family
John Hamilton Mortimer
n.d.
Object number: 76.9
Enrag'd Monster
John Hamilton Mortimer
n.d.
Object number: 63.48
King Lear
John Hamilton Mortimer
n.d.
Object number: 63.46