Pen and brown ink and brown wash with graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches (31.8 x 16.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "1 The Speaker, Chair | 2 The speaker pointing to | 3 Sir Rob: Walpole | 4. Mr Stables ye fifth clerk | 5. Mr [intentional blank] the other Clerk | 6 Coll. Godolphin | 7. Coll Onslows | 8 Sir Ja: Thornhill | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12"; in graphite, center right: "[...] Thornhill"; in brown ink, lower right: "13 | 14 | 15 |16 |17 |18 |19 | 20 | 21 | 22"; in brown ink, center right: "[?] AD. 1731"; each figure numbered in brown ink on the drawing; inscribed in graphite lower center: "Original Sketch by Sr Js Thornhill of the | Picture of the House of Commons painting [lies] | now at Clandon
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
Publications:
Kathryn James, English Paleography and Manuscript Culture, 1500-1800, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, p. 71, fig. 83, Z115.E5 J36 2020+ (YCBA)