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Profile portrait of Jonathan Richardson the Younger
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1667-1745
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Width: 13.1 cm
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My son, my other self, accompany’d,
With him I joy to sit, to walk, to ride,
Whether at home, or on the various way,
He rules, intending only to obey,
Delights, instructs me how to think and see,
Whilst he alike is pleas’d and taught by me.
Provenance
Exhibition History
Master Drawings of the 17th century from the Witt Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Festival Exhibitions, Adelaide, 1968
Literature
cat. no. 21
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 39
Collins Baker, C.H., 'Some Drawings by Jonathan Richardson in the Witt Collection' in 'The Connoisseur', December 1925
pp. 195, 202
Illus. on p. 201, no. VII
Inscriptions
Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite, dated: "8 May 1736". Paper mount (old, cut down and now mounted below drawing): pen and ink, 18th/19th-century hand: "Richardson Junr".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right, corner, stamped in black: Jonathan Richardson, the younger (L.2170). Verso: stamped in black: Jonathan Richardson, the elder (L.2184); lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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