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Attributed to Sir James Thornhill
1675-1734
Portrait of a Man (Timothy Thomas?)
8 3/16 x 5 1/2 inches (208 x 146 mm)
Black chalk, some graphite, laid down on paper.
2004.49:41
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Fol. 23, no. 41 in the Bull Album.
Not in Fairfax Murray.
Attributed to Sir James Thornhill in handlist of album.
Not in Fairfax Murray.
Attributed to Sir James Thornhill in handlist of album.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: JTh[?]; at lower left edge in pen and black ink: Timothy Thomas. chaplain to Lord Oxford. drawn by Sir J. Thornhill; on piece of paper laid down below bottom edge of drawing in graphite: This Fizz, so well drawn, you may easily know / was done by a kt for one Tim with an O.; in decorative border at lower left left in pen and black ink: N.B. the verses, are Mathew Prior's, and his own hand writing.; beyond decorative border at upper right in graphite: 41.
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.
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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