Joseph Severn

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Joseph Severn
1793-1879
Portrait of John Keats (1795-1821)
Graphite on wove paper.
6 1/16 x 5 inches (155 x 129 mm)
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan 1909.
1961.13
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Watermark: W THOMAS / 1820.
Removed from the Library's manuscript volume of letters by and related to Keats (MA 213) and removed from decorative mat 2015.

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Inscribed on mount, "John Keats / by / Joseph Severn / said to have been drawn for John Taylor, / Keats's publisher and friend / an oil painting of this is in the / National Gallery, London".

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J. Pierpont Morgan.
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Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.

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