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Portrait of a Man (Dr. William Derham?)

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Attributed to George Vertue
1684-1756

Portrait of a Man (Dr. William Derham?)

1719
4 x 3 1/4 inches (101 x 82 mm), oval
Graphite, brush and black wash, with white opaque watercolor, on parchment.
2004.49:20

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

Notes
Fol. 7, no. 20 in the Bull Album.
Not in Fairfax Murray.
Attributed to George Vertue in handlist of album.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed (?), dated, and inscribed at lower center in pen and brown ink: 1719. Dr. [period under "r"] Derham's Picture / Drawn at Windsor / by G. Vertue; on album sheet beyond decorative border at right: Wm. Derham, 1657-1735; beyond upper right corner of decorative border: 20.
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.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department