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George Vertue
1684-1756
Portrait of George Morley, Bishop of Winchester (1597-1684)
1750s
Pen and black ink, with watercolor, on paper.
13 5/8 x 8 7/8 inches (346 x 225 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
III, 19b
Notes:
Preparatory drawing for Vertue's engraving, published in "The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain or One Hundred and Eight Copper Plates Engraved by Mr. Houbraken and Mr. Vertue. With Their Lives and Characters by Thomas Birch, D.D.", London, Knapton, 1756.
Provenance:
Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
Associated names:
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Birch, Thomas, 1705-1766. Heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain engraven by Mr. Houbraken, and Mr. Vertue.
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