Attributed to William Faithorne

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1616-1691

Bust-length Portrait of Samuel Butler, with Flowing Wig and Stock

Black chalk and gray wash, with white, on paper.

8 3/8 x 6 7/8 inches (214 x 174 mm)

Purchased on the Fellows Fund.

1980.4

Notes:

Watermark: illegible fragment.

Inscription:

Inscribed on verso, in graphite, "Butler(?) Der Bromley".

Provenance:

John Evelyn; by descent to J.H.C. Evelyn and Major Peter Evelyn; P. & D. Colnaghi and Co., London.

Associated names:

Evelyn, John, former owner.
Evelyn, J. H. C., former owner.
Evelyn, Peter, Major, former owner.

Bibliography:

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 189.

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