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Portrait of a Man in Profile (Timothy Thomas?)

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Attributed to Sir James Thornhill
1675-1734

Portrait of a Man in Profile (Timothy Thomas?)

7 1/2 x 6 5/16 inches (190 x 161 mm)
Black chalk, some graphite, laid down on paper.
2004.49:37

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

Notes
Fol. 19, no. 37 in the Bull Album.
Attributed to Sir James Thornhill in Fairfax Murray. Sitter identified in Fairfax Murray as Timothy Thomas, chaplain to Lord Oxford. Entry in Fairfax Murray appears to describe the drawing on fol. 23, no. 41 (q.v.).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed (signed) at lower left: J Th.; beyond decorative border at upper left in graphite: x 23; at upper right: 37.; at lower right of album leaf: Signed J Thornhill.
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, 27, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department