Mr. Bunberry, 1769 [art original].

Description

Title: Mr. Bunberry, 1769 [art original].
Alternative Title: Mr. Bunbury, 1769
Creator: Patch, Thomas, 1725-1782, artist
Published / Created: [1769]
Publication Place: Florence
Abstract: Profile portrait depicting the young traveller Henry Bunbury wearing an academic gown and mortar board. This drawing was used as the basis for Thomas Patch’s conversation piece of the interior of his Florentine studio painted in 1770 and now in the collection of the Lewis Walpole Library, Farmington
Description: Title and date inscribed by the artist (?) in lower right.
Unsigned; attributed to Thomas Patch.
Inscribed below the title in a different hand: Drawn by Gezze at Florence.
From the same sheet as another drawing of "Valentino, Servitore di Piazza, 1769", now separated.
Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Leonard Duke (1890-1971); sold Sotheby’s, 21 May 1979, lot 122 (£520), to W.A. Brandt. Purchased by the Lewis Walpole Library from Lowell Libson & Johnny Yarker Ltd, September 2023.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 19 x 25 cm, on sheet 30.7 x 36 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English