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British School
18th century
Portrait of a Man
Brown wash over graphite on buff paper.
3 7/8 x 3 inches (98 x 75 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
2004.49:68
Notes: 

Fol. 41, no. 68 in the Bull Album.
Not in Fairfax Murray. Not in handlist of album.

Inscription: 

Inscribed on verso at lower center in graphite: J. L. advivam; on album sheet to lower right of drawing in a different hand: J. Vanderbank.; beneath drawing: T. L. advivam; beyond upper right corner of drawing: 0 and 68.

Provenance: 
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: 

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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