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Self-portrait: 888

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Self-portrait

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Richardson, Jonathan

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: J. Richardson Senior and J. Richardson Jnr. (Lugt 2170); C. Fairfax Murray (Christie stencils '100 SZ' and a sale reference on the original frame of the drawing to 5 Feb. 1909, lot 70, do not seem to refer to this drawing)

Measurements and weight

Height: 355 mm
Width: 284 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1917) by Murray, Charles Fairfax

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Whitening
Charcoal

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Charcoal on blue paper, heightened with white

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Mendacium neq dicebat neq patipoterat / Rdson / (He was incapable alike of telling lies or suffereing them to be told) (probably by the artist's son)
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Text: Richardson Portrait Painter by himself (in a later hand)
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Text: See -'s Catalogue Vol. II, p. 34 no. (20) 712.3
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: 888
Primary reference Number: 13232
Lugt: 2170
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 20 May 2021 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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