attributed to Edmund Ashfield, active 1669–1690?, British
Title:
Portrait of an Unknown Man
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 × 9 1/2 inches (34.3 × 24.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "2998 | 3 198"; upper right: "Edmund Ashfield: Unknown Man"; center: "Vol. 8 661"; lower right: "B 51 | This is the Grandson of the Earl of | Hertford who was incalled Duke of | Somerset [...] Restoration | See Granger Vol. 3 page 198 | Died 1671. | Put it in my Illustraed | English History | 1688 William "; extensive illegible inscription, lower center, ending in: "William Seymour"; lower left: "28 | The drawing is by P Lely | own hand"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Edward B. Greene, B.A. 1900