Sr. John Hoskins [art original].

Description

Title: Sr. John Hoskins [art original].
Alternative Title: Sir John Hoskins
Published / Created: [not after 1806]
Publication Place: England?
Abstract: Portrait drawing of Sir John Hoskins; bust length, in profile to the right; wearing a white shirt
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 71 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 image 6.2 x 5 cm, on sheet 10 x 9 cm, mounted to 28 x 22 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portrait drawings
Watercolors British 19th century
Material: watercolor ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Hoskins, John, 1634-1705,
Subjects: Hoskins, John, 1634-1705
British > 19th century
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Sir John Hoskins. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.