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Acquisition
Bequeathed to Dulwich College by James Allen, 1746
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Accession number
DPG496
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Artist
Charles Stoppelaer
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Date
1737
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Dimensions
236.1 x 147.2 cm
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Inscription
Inscribed on the scroll bottom left: JAL (monogram) Born ye 4th/ of May: 1683/1737/ AE: 54, lower left, and Sussex &/ Worcester/s. The Roll/ of James Allen/ of the Vacation after/ Trinity Term and of/ Michaelmas Term following. Anno/ 1737.
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Materials
Oil on canvas
For the sitter, see Ellys DPG441. An inscription on the back of the canvas is no longer visible, but it is recorded in the 1926 Dulwich catalogue as reading: J. Allen, AE 54, 1757, G.G.C. The date should clearly be read as 1737. The initials 'G.G.C.' might be those of the artist. An attribution to Charles Stoppelaer was proposed in 1980, but seems improbable as the artist arrived in London from Dublin only in 1738.
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