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British School
19th century
19th century
Watercolor on ivory.
maximum dimensions: 4 x 3 1/4 inches (102 x 83 mm), oval
AZ091
Notes:
It has been suggested that this portrait may not represent Byron, and that it was executed in the 1880s.
Inscription:
Inserted at the back is a piece of vellum with the date 1823; there is also an undecipherable word written on the blue paper facing the back of the frame: "...eery."
Provenance:
From the collection of J. Pierpont Morgan.
Summary:
Sitter is shown nearly full-face, against a blue background, wearing an olive green jacket with surcoat of lighter green with red lining, a large, open white collar, and loosely knotted blue-black tie.
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