Thomas 1st Earl of Haddington [art original].

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Title: Thomas 1st Earl of Haddington [art original].
Alternative Title: Thomas First Earl of Haddington
Published / Created: [not after 1806]
Publication Place: England?
Abstract: Portrait drawing of Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington; half length, with short hair and Van Dyke beard; wearing a ruff collar
Description: Title inscribed on mount below image, in ink in a contemporary hand.
Unsigned; artist unidentified.
Place and date of production based on the country of residence and death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found.
Formerly page 65 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806].
Provenance: Merian drawings purchased by Richard Bull from the collection of Doctor Fothergill (1712-1780). Album purchased by W.S. Lewis at the Julia Swinburne and Lady Jane Ashburnham sale, Sotheby's, lot 426, 20 July 1954.
Extent: 1 drawing : oval sheet 12.9 x 12 cm, mounted to 28 x 22 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portrait drawings
Wash drawings British 19th century
Material: black and gray wash ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Haddington, Thomas Hamilton, Earl of, 1563-1637,
Subjects: Haddington, Thomas Hamilton, Earl of, 1563-1637
British > 19th century
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Thomas 1st Earl of Haddington. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.