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British School
18th century
Portrait of a Man (Mr. Melmouth?)
4 13/16 x 4 3/16 inches (122 x 106 mm)
Pen and brown ink over graphite on paper.
2004.49:63
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Fol. 39, no. 63 in the Bull Album.
Mounted directly to album leaf; lacks decorative border.
Not in Fairfax Murray.
Attributed to Jonathan Richardson Sr. in handlist of album.
A more finished version of this drawing, by Jonathan Richardson Sr., is in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Mounted directly to album leaf; lacks decorative border.
Not in Fairfax Murray.
Attributed to Jonathan Richardson Sr. in handlist of album.
A more finished version of this drawing, by Jonathan Richardson Sr., is in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in graphite at lower center: Mr [r superscript] Melmouth; on verso at lower center: Melmouth[?; partially effaced]; on album sheet beyond upper right corner of drawing: 63. Collector's mark of Jonathan Richardson Sr. stamped at lower right.
Associated names
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
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.
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.
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Century Drawings
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