Black chalk, red chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 3/8 × 12 1/2 inches (46.7 × 31.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
In the artist's hand in red chalk, lower right: "Quod adest componere"; in pen and brown ink, upper left: "E1740"; in an 18th century hand in pen and brown ink, on verso: "Jon. Richardson Jun | by himself"; in graphite, on verso: "116-/5"; with stamp of John Richardson, Sr., center right (Lugt 2184); with stamp of Edward Peart, bottom left (Lugt 891)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.4333
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
portrait
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
Publications:
Christie's sale catalogue : Important English drawings and watercolours : 5 March 1974, Christie's, 1974, p. 30, lot 86, Auction Catalogues (YCBA)Patrick Noon, English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures, Yale Center for British Art, 1979, p. 31, no. 31, NC772 N66+ (Wall Shelf) (YCBA)Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)Simon Schama, The face of Britain : a history of the nation through its portraits, Oxford University Press, New York, 2016, pp. 371-72, 375=, N7598 .S33 2016 (YCBA)Vernon sales catalogue : A catalogue of drawings, prints, books of prints, and books, belonging to the late Daniel Daulby, Esq. : 12 August 1799, Vernon, Liverpool, 1799, p. 32, lot 116, Auction Catalogues (YCBA) Available Art Sales Catalogues Online (Lugt 5964)Scott Wilcox, Line of beauty : British drawings and watercolors of the eighteenth century, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 17, no. 2, NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA)