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Portrait of William Wycherley (1641-1716)
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1618-1680
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Width: 14.2 cm
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p. 32
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Inscription: Verso (only visible with transmitted light as is laid down): upper right, graphite: "t/"; lower centre, graphite? underlined: "74"; lower left, graphite: "Vertue"; lower left, brown ink: "N. 86717" [not found on Lugt]; lower centre edge, brown ink, cut off so illegible: "Th[...] L[...]" [not 'Thomas Lawrence']; lower right corner, brown ink: "S"; below that is a graphite inscription not currently legible. Verso (backing sheet): lower centre, graphite, underlined: "74". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Sir Peter Lely / 1618-1680 / Portrait of William Wycherley / (engraved by I Smith for Wycherley's / Miscellany of Poems 1704".
Collector's mark: Removed from a former support and now attached to the new mount, printed in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Label: From an auction, glued to new mount, printed in black and filled in with pen and black ink: "SIR PETER LELY (1618-1680) / (1640-1716) / WILLIAM WYCHERLEY, Poet and Dramatist, aet. 28. Bust, / viewed to the right, eyes looking full. Long wig to the / shoulders. / Red chalk. Rectangular, 5 1/2 by 6 3/4 in. On paper. / AN IMPORTANT PORTRAIT. from the / Wellesley Collection (541)".
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