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John More c.1526-7
Black and coloured chalks | 38.1 x 28.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 912226
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A portrait drawing of John More (1509-1547), the son of Sir Thomas More. A half-length portrait facing three-quarters to the right. He wears a cap and is reading a book. A study for the More family group (destroyed). Inscribed by the artist: lipfarb brun (complexion brown). Inscribed in an eighteenth-century hand at upper left: Iohn More Sr Thomas Mores Son.
Provenance
Henry VIII; Edward VI, 1547; Henry FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel; by whom bequeathed to John, Lord Lumley, 1580; by whom probably bequeathed to Henry, Prince of Wales, 1609, and thus inherited by Prince Charles (later Charles I), 1612; by whom exchanged with Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, 1627/8; by whom given to Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel; acquired by Charles II by 1675
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Medium and techniques
Black and coloured chalks
Measurements
38.1 x 28.1 cm (sheet of paper)
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RL 12226Alternative title(s)
John More the Younger (1509-1547)
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