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British School
18th century
Portrait of a Man (Reverend De Missy?)
5 3/4 x 3 11/16 inches (146 x 94 mm)
Pen and brown ink over graphite on paper.
2004.49:61
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Fol. 38, no. 61 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.
Mounted directly to album leaf; lacks decorative border.
Not in Fairfax Murray.
Attributed to Jonathan Richardson Sr. in handlist of album.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pen and brown ink at lower center: Revd [d superscript] Mr [r superscript] D Missy; on verso at lower left: Niry[?; partially covered by hinge] 37 / 2t [t superscript]; at lower right: Revd [d superscript] Mr [r superscript] D Missy[partially covered by hinge]; on album sheet beyond upper right corner of drawing: 61. Collector's mark of Jonathan Richardson Sr. stamped at center left.
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.
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.
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Century Drawings
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