Sleeping Monsters: Two Sleeping Mermen Etching, 1780
An etching titled Sleeping Monsters shows two sleeping sea creatures on a sandy shore: a merman with a human head and curly-haired face rests atop a fish-tailed companion, while shells, reeds, and fish lie scattered nearby. Fine hatched lines model the bodies and dark grassy foreground.
- Artist
- John Hamilton Mortimer
- Date
- 25 January 1780
- Medium
- Portrait prints Etchings
- Source
- Wellcome Collection
- Size
- 4000 × 2807 px
Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1780.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection