Joseph Severn
1793-1879
Portrait of John Keats (1795-1821)
6 1/16 x 5 inches (155 x 129 mm)
Graphite on wove paper.
1961.13
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan 1909.
Notes
Watermark: W THOMAS / 1820.
Removed from the Library's manuscript volume of letters by and related to Keats (MA 213) and removed from decorative mat 2015.
Removed from the Library's manuscript volume of letters by and related to Keats (MA 213) and removed from decorative mat 2015.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on mount, "John Keats / by / Joseph Severn / said to have been drawn for John Taylor, / Keats's publisher and friend / an oil painting of this is in the / National Gallery, London".
Associated names
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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