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A Young Gentleman of the Tweddell Family

(British, 1682–1740)
1702–1732
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor on ivory
DimensionsHeight x width: 7.5 × 5.1 cm (2 15/16 × 2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Berger Collection Educational Trust
Accession number2018.3119
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMiniatures
Collections
InscriptionsSigned with monogram 'BL' and inscribed 'AEtatis 20/B Lens' (on reverse)
ProvenanceOctober 21, 1997, anonymous (“various properties”) sale, Christie’s, London, lot 39, to William Merriam Bart Berger (b. 1925 – d. 1999) and Bernadette Joan Johnson Berger (b. 1940 – d. 2015), Denver, CO; 1999, incorporated into the Berger Collection Educational Trust, Denver; 2018, gift of the Berger Collection Educational Trust to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)
Unidentified artist, European
about 1860
Unidentified artist, French, 18th century
about 1775
Unidentified artist, French, 18th century
about 1775–80
Unidentified artist, French, 18th century
about 1785
Unidentified artist, French, 19th century
about 1850
Unidentified artist, European
about 1785
Unidentified artist, French, 19th century
about 1850
Unidentified artist, European
about 1790