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18th century

Portrait of a Man (John Plumtree?)

Pen and brown ink over graphite on paper.

7 1/16 x 4 7/16 inches (179 x 113 mm)

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

2004.49:64

Notes:

Fol. 39, no. 64 in the Bull Album.
Mounted directly to album leaf; lacks decorative border.
Not in Fairfax Murray.
Attributed to Jonathan Richardson Sr. in handlist of album.

Inscription:

Inscribed in pen and brown ink at lower left: John Plumtree Esqr Novr [r superscript] 6th 1734 - ; on verso at lower left: Nisy 29; at lower right: Q v [v superscript][?]; beneath this at lower left in graphite: [covered by hinge] Life for Vellum; at lower right in a different hand: John Plumt[covered by hinge] E[sq.?] [cut off] / 26 Nov 17[covered by hinge]; on album sheet beyond upper right corner of drawing: 64. Collector's mark of Jonathan Richardson Sr. stamped at center left.

Provenance:

Jonathan Richardson Sr. (Lugt 2183); Richard Bull, Ongar, Essex (Lugt 314 and Lugt S. 314); Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau (ca. 1840-ca. 1892), London and Paris; his sale, London, Sotheby's, 9-13 December 1889, lot 1146; 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:

Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806, former owner.
Thibaudeau, Alphonse Wyatt, 1840-1893, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.

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