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John Vanderlyn

Portrait of a Man, Turned Left

1799

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John Vanderlyn

Portrait of a Man, Turned Left

1799

Physical Qualities Black chalk with stumping on paper, Sheet: 219 x 163 mm. (21.9 x 16.3 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Anne Winstead Woody, Baltimore
Object Number 1985.78
Jay Fisher and Sona Johnston, BMA, "BMA Collects: Nineteenth-Century American Drawings and Watercolors," 9 April - 8 June 1997.

Inscribed: Mount: "ORDINANCES / 1734" in ink on board; "Vanderlyn) pinx -8(?)0- in ink on paper wrapped around board. Labels adhered to paper layers of mount: "Au Griffon" (colorman's shop) and -chant de l'Alouet (stationer).

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John Vanderlyn

American, 1775-1852
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