Thomas 6 Earl of Haddington [art original].

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Title: Thomas 6 Earl of Haddington [art original].
Alternative Title: Thomas 6th Earl of Haddington
Thomas Sixth Earl of Haddington
Published / Created: [not after 1806]
Publication Place: England?
Abstract: Portrait drawing of Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington; half length, turned slightly left; wearing long curled wig
Description: Title inscribed on mount below image, in ink in a contemporary hand.
Unsigned; artist unidentified.
Place and date of production based on the country of residence and death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found.
Formerly page 69 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806].
Matted to 49 x 37 cm.
Original case shelved separately.
Provenance: Merian drawings purchased by Richard Bull from the collection of Doctor Fothergill (1712-1780). Album purchased by W.S. Lewis at the Julia Swinburne and Lady Jane Ashburnham sale, Sotheby's, lot 426, 20 July 1954.
Extent: 1 drawing : oval sheet 15.5 x 12.6 cm, mounted to 28 x 22 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portraits
Portrait drawings
Watercolors British 19th century
Material: watercolor ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Haddington, Thomas Hamilton, Earl of, 1680-1735
Subjects: Haddington, Thomas Hamilton, Earl of, 1680-1735 > Portraits
British > 19th century
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Thomas 6th Earl of Haddington. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.