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Possibly Dr. Jonathan Hutchinson Sr. (1828-1913), London {1}; Dr. Johnathan Hutchinson Jr. (1859-1933), London; (Sotheby's, London) June 30, 1926 Lot 90 {2}; (Dr. Carl Tancred Borenius [1885-1948], London); sold July 6, 1926 to (Agnew, London) {3}; sold July 16, 1929 to (Arthur U. Newton Galleries, Boston); sold to (Vose Galleries, Boston); purchased in 1933 by Booth Tarkington (1869-1946), Indianapolis, Indiana; donated to Purdue University after 1944 {4}
{1} Dr. Jonathan Hutchinson Sr. operated a small clinical museum at 1 Park Crescent, Regent's Park and along with other interests, lectured broadly on ophthalmology which could have informed an interest in Milton. It is likely the work was originally purchased by the senior Hutchinson and then was inherited by descent to the son. Booth Tarkington mentions the work was in the collection of "Dr. J. Hutchinson of Crescent Park, London," see April 19, 1944 correspondence.
{2} Work is illustrated in the the Sotheby's catalogue, Lot 90
{3} Booth Tarkington notes a stamp from Agnew in correspondence from April 19, 1944. Confirmed in stock book as #6590 purchased July 6, 1926 from Dr. Borenius" and sold to "A. U. Newton" - see correspondence with Nikolaus Karlson of Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd. April 17, 2023.
{4} Work likely entered the collection after 1946 despite the accession number suggesting 1900 since it was reproduced in Tarkington's 1939 book "Some Old Portraits" and is listed as a bequest