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Portrait of a Man in Profile (Mr. Palmer Junior?)

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British School
18th century

Portrait of a Man in Profile (Mr. Palmer Junior?)

5 11/16 x 7 1/4 inches (145 x 183 mm)
Pen and brown ink over graphite on paper.
2004.49:59

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

Notes
Fol. 37, no. 59 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.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower center: Mr [r superscript] Palmer Junior; dated at lower right in graphite: 17 May 1737.; on verso at lower left in pen and brown ink: Niry 32; at lower centre: 1..6[?]; at lower right in graphite: Mr [r superscript] Palmer Ju[covered by hinge]; on album sheet beyond lower right corner of drawing: 59. 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.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department