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James Butler, later 9th Earl of Ormond 1537-38
Black and coloured chalks with black ink, red and blue watercolour and white heightening on pink prepared paper | 40.1 x 29.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 912263
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A portrait drawing of James Butler (c.1496-1546), on pink prepared paper. He is shown half-length facing three-quarters to the right wearing a red cap and slashed gown. The drawing was begun in black and coloured chalks and heavily worked up in black and red ink or watercolour.
An eighteenth-century inscription (a copy of a sixteenth-century original) at upper centre identifies the sitter as: Ormond.
This drawing can be closely dated to August 1537 - early 1538, when James Butler, normally resident in Ireland, was in England. Butler had fought at Thérouanne in 1513. In 1532, he was appointed Treasurer of Ireland. James Butler became Earl of Ormond in 1539, shortly after this drawing was made.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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Black and coloured chalks with black ink, red and blue watercolour and white heightening on pink prepared paper
black chalk, coloured chalk, black ink, red watercolour, blue watercolour, white heightening, pink prepared paperMeasurements
40.1 x 29.2 cm (sheet of paper)
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watermark: Briquet 12863,crowned vase with flower [same as 12258, 12190,12193,12206,12224,12225, 12270,12229, 12217,12215,12263]
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RL 12263
