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Portrait of a Man (Henry Compton?)

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Attributed to David Loggan
1635-1700?

Portrait of a Man (Henry Compton?)

5 3/16 x 4 5/16 inches (132 x 108 mm)
Graphite, some stumping, brush and black and gray wash, on vellum.
2004.49:49

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

Notes
Fol. 31, no. 49 in the Bull Album.
Mounted directly to album leaf; lacks decorative border.
Attributed to David Loggan in Fairfax Murray.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on album leaf beneath drawing in graphite: Loggan / H Compton B of London; at right of drawing: Murray III. 18; at lower left: H. Compton, Dean of London; at upper left: x / 25; at upper right: 49.
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.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, III, 16, repr.
Artist
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department