attributed to John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779, British
Title:
Portrait of James Tuffs
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and brush and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 x 7 1/4 inches (22.5 x 18.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper left to upper right: "James Tuffs Labourer in Sr. Thos. Lee's | garden 1730 & after - | By Mortimer"; in pen and brown ink lower left: "Found at Hartwell, Buckinghamshire. | January 1846."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection