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Portrait of a Man (Mr. Wright, Junior?)

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British School
18th century

Portrait of a Man (Mr. Wright, Junior?)

5 15/16 x 3 5/8 inches (151 x 92 mm)
Pen and brown ink over graphite on paper.
2004.49:66

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

Notes
Fol. 40, no. 66 in the Bull Album.
Not in Fairfax Murray.
Attributed to Jonathan Richardson Sr. in handlist of album.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower center in pen and brown ink: M Wright Junior; on verso at lower left: Nir710 and 2 -[?]; at lower center in graphite: Mr [r superscript] Wright Sr[?; covered by old adhesive]; on album sheet beyond upper right corner of drawing in graphite: 66. Collector's mark of Jonathan Richardson Sr. stamped at center 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