Paintings

Edward the Confessor Stripping His Mother of Her Effects

Type: Paintings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca.1763
Accession number: 78.8
Maker: John Hamilton Mortimer(Opens in new tab) (British, 1741–1779)
Dimensions: 24 1/4 x 19 3/4 in. (61.6 x 50.2 cm.)
Medium: oil on canvas
Description: This is a small preparatory sketch for Mortimer's first large history painting, which was completed in 1763 and is now lost.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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