Art, literature & history
Two Oriental Heads
1770/1775
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and black ink on laid paper; laid down
- Dimensions
- overall (roundel): 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1992.29.4
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
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Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Two Oriental Heads — John Hamilton Mortimer. 1770/1775.
Medium: pen and black ink on laid paper; laid down.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall (roundel): 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1992.29.4. Gift of The Leger Galleries Ltd..
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.