Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Self-Portrait

James Barry
1741-1806

Self-Portrait

ca. 1800-1805
4 9/16 x 4 1/4 inches (116 x 109 mm)
Black chalk on paper.
1984.26

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan in 1890.

Notes
On page 36 of the Braham Album compiled by C.B. Braham, a musician, and presented to his sister Frances Countess Waldegrave.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on a separate sheet, in pen and brown ink, "This drawing is a likeness of the late Mr. Barry, R.A. who painted the Adelphi, it was made by himself and given to his friend Dr. Edward Fryer M. D."
Associated names
Fryer, Edward, 1761-1828, former owner.
Braham, Charles Bampfylde, 1823-1884, former owner.
Waldegrave, Frances Elizabeth Anne Braham, Countess, 1821-1879, former owner.
Lee, Edward, 1833-1904, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department