Facts: - death place: london - caption: self-portrait circa 1765 of john hamilton mortimer with a student , - death date: 4 february 1779 - spouse: jane hurrel - education: duke of richmond 's academy - birth date: 17 september 1740 - name: john hamilton mortimer - image: john mortimer.jpg hamilton mortimer with a student by john hamilton - birth place: eastbourne , u.k. - occupation: artist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john hamilton mortimer .
john hamilton mortimer ara -lrb- 1740 -- 1779 -rrb- was a british figure and landscape painter and printmaker , known for romantic paintings set in italy , works depicting conversations , and works drawn in the 1770s portraying war scenes , similar to those of salvator rosa .mortimer became president of the society of artists in 1774 , five years before his death , at age 39 .