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Francis Robert West
1749-1809
Oval Portrait of a Seated Man Holding His Stick in Right Hand, Hat with Document in Left
1771
Black and white chalk, stumped, with touches of blue and red chalk on the face and hands, on brown paper.
11 5/8 x 9 1/2 inches (298 x 242 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Powis Jones.
1971.6
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Watermark: letters HR.
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Signed with initials and dated in black chalk at lower right, "F R W / 1771".
Provenance:
P & D Colnaghi and Co., London.
Associated names:
Jones, Edward Powis, 1919-1998, donor.
Jones, Edward Powis, Mrs., donor.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Sixteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969-1971. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, p. 123.
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