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Portrait of a Man (Mr. Wright, Senior, of Cheshire?)

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British School
18th century

Portrait of a Man (Mr. Wright, Senior, of Cheshire?)

5 5/8 x 3 11/16 inches (142 x 94 mm)
Pen and brown ink over graphite on paper.
2004.49:65

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

Notes
Fol. 40, no. 65 in the Bull Album.
Not in Fairfax Murray.
Attributed to Jonathan Richardson Sr. in handlist of album.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower center in pen and brown ink: Mr [r superscript] Wright Senior of Cheshire; on verso at lower left: Nir 66g[?]; at lower right: 2 -; on album sheet beyond upper right corner of drawing in graphite: 65. Collector's mark of Jonathan Richardson Sr. stamped at center 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.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department