Van Tromp, admiral [art original].

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Title: Van Tromp, admiral [art original].
Alternative Title: Trompé Bataviez praefe[...?]
Published / Created: [not after 1806]
Publication Place: England?
Abstract: Portrait drawing of Admiral Maarten Harpertszoom Tromp; bust length, turned slightly right; with long hair; wearing a cravat
Description: Title inscribed below image, in pencil in a contemporary hand; alternative title written in pencil at bottom on sheet.
Offset pencil annotation in reverse also visible below image: [...?]lartinus Trompice[?] Bataviez.
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 laid in with three other drawings at page 85 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 together with three other drawings 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 7 x 6 cm, on sheet 11.8 x 9 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portraits
Crayon drawings British 18th century
Material: red and gray crayon ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Tromp, Maarten Harpertszoom, 1598-1653
Subjects: Tromp, Maarten Harpertszoom, 1598-1653 > Portraits
British > 18th century
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Van Tromp, Admiral. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.