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attributed to John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779, British, Portrait of John Saxby, undated
- Title:
- Portrait of John Saxby
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Brown wash and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 1/4 x 7 inches (21 x 17.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper left to upper right: "John Saxby Labourer in Sir Thos. Lee's | garden and clerk of Hartell parish | 1730 and after | by Mortimer"; in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Found at Hartwell, Buckinghamshire. | January 1846."
Watermark: Pro Patria (Similar to Heawood 3709), crest; collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.5702
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- clerks | gardeners | laborers | men | portrait
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:11423
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