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Attributed to William Faithorne
1616-1691
Portrait of a Man (Sir William Read?)
4 1/2 x 3 5/16 inches (114 x 85 mm)
Graphite, some stumping, on vellum.
2004.49:9
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Fol. 3, no. 9 in the Bull Album.
Not in Fairfax Murray. Attributed to William Faithorne in handlist of album.
Not in Fairfax Murray. Attributed to William Faithorne in handlist of album.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left in pen and black ink: Dr [superscript "r"][period under "r"] Read, oculist.; on verso at center in graphite: Dr [superscript "r"][period under "r"] Read. Occulist; at lower left: 3; at lower left of decorative border: Sir William; on album sheet beneath decorative border in same hand: Engraved by Faithorne; beyond upper right corner of decorative border: 9.
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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