Nathaniel Hone
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Nathaniel Hone
1718-1784
Portrait of John Barnard (d. 1784)
Black chalk, stumped, with red and white chalk, on brown paper.
14 x 10 1/4 inches (356 x 260 mm)
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1954.7
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Watermark: partially legible names, "Fargeav Limosin" (cf. Heawood 3325, 3329). Watermark, transmitted Infrared 123098wm_1954_7_WM_transmIR.tiff
Inscription:
Signed in brown ink at lower left: "Nathl Hone fecit / Janry 31, 1755".
Inscribed in brown ink at lower right: "John Barnard Esqr".
Provenance:
Unidentified collector (his mark on verso, "t"); Sale, Amsterdam, Frederick Muller et Cie, 21 November 1929, port. 2, no. 53; Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles.
Associated names:
Loewi, Adolph, former owner.
Bibliography:
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 149-150.
Adams, Frederick B., Jr. Sixth Annual Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1955, p. 78-80.
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