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Beaching a Fishing Boat in a Gale

1770–79
Not on view
The British painter and printmaker John Hamilton Mortimer specialized in romantic scenes of bandits conceived in the tradition of Salvator Rosa, and drawn in a virtuoso manner inspired by Guercino. Here, parallel hatching lines sculpt large waves that crash against the dotted surface of the beach; cross-hatched strokes model the vessel pulled ashore; dense layers of gently curving lines designate human figures; tight scallops trace edges of foliage; and loose, abbreviated curves suggest clouds. The boldest form, however, is the least mannered: the single, sinewy, leafless tree in the center of the sheet that winds towards the sky.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Beaching a Fishing Boat in a Gale
  • Artist: John Hamilton Mortimer (British, Eastbourne 1740–1779 London)
  • Date: 1770–79
  • Medium: Pen and black ink
  • Dimensions: sheet: 8 x 11 in. (20.3 x 27.9 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Mrs. Carl L. Selden Gift, in memory of Carl L. Selden, 1992
  • Object Number: 1992.144
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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