Provenance
Jonathan Richardson, Sr. (died 1745) [his stamp (Lugt 2184) recto, lower right, in black]. Probably Carlo Bianconi (died 1802). Thomas Dimsdale (died 1823) [his stamp (Lugt 2426) verso, lower left, on mount, in black]; Sir Thomas Lawrence (died 1830) [his dry stamp (Lugt 2445) recto, lower left]; Lord Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere (died 1857) [his stamp (Lugt Suppl. 2710b) recto, lower center, in black]; by descent; sold, Sotheby’s, London, December 5, 1972, lot 61, to Robert M. Light, Boston, for Dorothy Braude Edinburg; given to Art Institute, 1998.
Accession Number
149020
Medium
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with touches of lead white, over traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper, with stray graphite marks, cut out and laid down on cream laid paper, laid down on tan laid card
Dimensions
26.9 × 20.9 cm (10 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Credit Line
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
