John Dryden [graphic] / Jonathan Richardson.
1730
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library FPm14
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Title
John Dryden [graphic] / Jonathan Richardson.
Created/published
ca. 1730s.
Description
1 drawing on vellum, oval : pencil ; 3 1/4 x 2 5/8 in. (8.2 x 7 cm) (sight)
Associated name
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, artist.
Wellesley, Francis, former owner.
Wellesley, Minnie, former owner.
Dobell, Percy John, 1871-1956, former owner.
Wellesley, Francis, former owner.
Wellesley, Minnie, former owner.
Dobell, Percy John, 1871-1956, former owner.
Material base
skin
Note
Inscribed at upper right: "1697".
Title from Pressly.
Title from Pressly.
Provenance
Provenance: Collection of Francis and Minnie Wellesley, no. 443 in their privately printed catalogue; Wellesley sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, Auctioneers, Wellington St., Strand, London [1902]; 34-35 New Bond St., London [1928], 28 June-2 (1) July 1920, lot 652, £7, bought by Dobell.
Source of acquisition
Bought by FSL from P. J. Dobell, summer 1939 (listed in manuscript catalogue entitled "Dryden Collection," dated March 1939)
Exhibited
Exhibited: London, Victoria and Albert Museum, "Catalogue of a Collection of Miniatures in Plumbago, Etc., Lent by Francis Wellesley, Esq.," 1914-15, no. 42, repr. pl. 9 as after Kneller (also appears in list of illustrations as attributed to Richardson); 'Roasting the Swan of Avon,' Mar.1-June 4, 1994.
Cited/described in
Pressly, W.L. Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library, 196
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library FPm14
Item Details
Call number
FPm14 (aisle 17 boxed)
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