Attributed to Jonathan Richardson

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Attributed to Jonathan Richardson
1665-1745
Portrait of a Young Woman (Miss Ann Metcalffe)
Graphite on vellum; double framing line in graphite.
4 7/16 x 4 7/8 inches (112 x 124 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
2004.49:24
Notes: 

Fol. 9, no. 24 in the Bull Album.
Not in Fairfax Murray.
Attributed to Jonathan Richardson, Sr., in handlist of album.

Inscription: 

Inscribed at lower left: Miss Ann Metcalffe. 1732; on verso at center: Miss Ann Metcalfe. 1732; at lower left: M[iss?] A[nn?] Metca[lf?]fe (partially cut off); on album sheet beyond decorative border at upper right: 24. Collector's mark of Jonathan Richardson Sr. inscribed at lower right in graphite, R.

Provenance: 
Jonathan Richardson, Sr. (Lugt 2183); Richard Bull, Ongar, Essex (Lugt 314 and Lugt S. 314); Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau (ca. 1840-ca. 1892), London and Paris; his sale, London, Sotheby's, 9-13 December 1889, lot 1146; Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
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.

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