Attributed to William Faithorne
1616-1691
Bust-length Portrait of Samuel Butler, with Flowing Wig and Stock
8 3/8 x 6 7/8 inches (214 x 174 mm)
Black chalk and gray wash, with white, on paper.
1980.4
Purchased on the Fellows Fund.
Notes
Watermark: illegible fragment.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso, in graphite, "Butler(?) Der Bromley".
Associated names
Evelyn, John, former owner.
Evelyn, J. H. C., former owner.
Evelyn, Peter, Major, former owner.
Evelyn, J. H. C., former owner.
Evelyn, Peter, Major, former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 189.
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Century Drawings
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