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Jonathan Richardson
1665-1745
Portrait of a Woman (Mrs. Blundel?)
4 3/4 x 4 1/16 inches (121 x 104 mm)
Graphite and metalpoint on prepared paper; double framing line in graphite.
2004.49:16
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Fol. 5, no. 16 in the Bull Album.
Not in Fairfax Murray.
Attributed to Jonathan Richardson Sr. in handlist of album.
Not in Fairfax Murray.
Attributed to Jonathan Richardson Sr. in handlist of album.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: Mrs. [rs superscript] [period under "rs"] Blundel. April. 1735.; at lower right: R.; on verso at upper center: My mother / [illegible] W[?] Black; at lower center: Thus Smil'd the Virgin, Thus the Matron Smil'd, / but, Innocent nor Flatter'd nor Beguil'd / [cut off]; at lower right of decorative border: (signed); on album sheet beyond upper right corner of decorative border: 16. Collector's mark of Jonathan Richardson Sr. inscribed at lower right in graphite, R.
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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Classification
Century Drawings
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