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Attributed to George Vertue
1684-1756
Portrait of a Man (William Walker?)
1727
11 7/8 x 8 5/8 inches (302 x 220 mm)
Graphite and brush and gray and pink wash, the background brushed in with a buff-colored wash, laid down on paper.
2004.49:40
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Fol. 22, no. 40 in the Bull Album.
Not in Fairfax Murray.
Attributed to George Vertue in handlist of album.
Not in Fairfax Murray.
Attributed to George Vertue in handlist of album.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed (?), dated, and inscribed at lower left in pen and brown ink: GV del.; at lower center: William Walker. aged 105.; at lower right in graphite: Wimpole Aug.23 1727 (overwritten in pen and brown ink); in decorative border at upper right in graphite: 40; beyond decorative border at lower right: G. Vertú.
Associated names
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806, former owner.
Thibaudeau, Alphonse Wyatt, 1840-1893, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Thibaudeau, Alphonse Wyatt, 1840-1893, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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