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attributed to John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779, British, Portrait of James Tuffs, undated
- Title:
Portrait of James Tuffs
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Pen and brown ink and brush and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 7/8 x 7 1/4 inches (22.5 x 18.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper left to upper right: "James Tuffs Labourer in Sr. Thos. Lee's | garden 1730 & after - | By Mortimer"; in pen and brown ink lower left: "Found at Hartwell, Buckinghamshire. | January 1846."
Watermark: pro patria (similar to Heawood 3709); collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.5701
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- gardeners | heads | laborers | men | portrait
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:11397
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