Possible collector's mark inscribed in graphite on verso, upside down, in center: Dr Enicht 1818 (?)
Printed beneath image lower left: Painted 1791 by C.F. v. Breda Member of the Royal Academy of Painting &c/ at Stockholm_ and Painter to the King of Sweden. Printed beneath image in center: London Published Nov.r 1796, by W. Richardson Printseller York House No. 31 Strand. Printed beneath image lower right: Engraved by S.W. Reynolds, from the Original Presented/ to the Academy by C.F. V. Breda, as his Reception Picture. Printed in lower margin: Sir Joshua Reynolds/ President of the Royal Academy, Member of the Imperial Academy/ at Florence, Doctor of Laws,/ of the Universities of Oxford & Dublin, and Fellow of the Royal Society. Printed in circle in center of lower margin: Dignissimis/ Praefidi et Sociis/ Regiae Academiae Stockholmiensis,/ Quorum/ Benignissimo patrocinio/ Commissa eit/ Pictorum Sculptorum, et Architectorum/ Tutela;/ Tabulam hanc/ Summa cum observantia/ D.D.D/ Carolus Fredericus Breda.
Bequest of John Barton Payne
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