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Return of the general to his family from the Vicissitudes of War

Maker

(artist)
1716-1809

Title

Return of the general to his family from the Vicissitudes of War

Date of Production

1795

Medium

traces of graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash, white bodycolour, on laid paper, with grey ink framing lines, laid down on a historic mount (same as D.1932.XX.3-4, XX.6 and D.1952.RW.3717)

Dimensions

Height: 12.7 cm
Width: 20.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1932.XX.5

Mode of Acquisition

Tomás Harris, gift, 1932 (May)

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords






Provenance

purchased from the artist, probably by William Beckford (1760-1844); Tomás Harris, London (1908-1964); Harris Gift 1932

Exhibition History

Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972

Literature

Gaehtgens, Thomas W. and Jacques Lugand, Joseph-Marie Vien. Peintre du Roi (1716-1809), Paris 1988
no. 193
illus. p.193

Inscriptions

Watermark: unable to check due to mount.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, brown ink: “Retour du Général dans ses foyers.”; lower left corner, brown ink: “12”; lower left edge, graphite, accession number: “5.32”. Mount (historic), Verso, covered by a backing sheet but ink shows through: occupies the entire sheet, pen and ink: some kind of grocery list with food items written in French and numbers, written in two columns, including “brochet”, “vin” and “sel” (not fully transcribed). Mount (historic), Verso (of backing sheet): upper left edge, graphite: “3. Presented Tomas Harris May 27. 1932”; lower right corner, grey ink, circled: “541”.

Collector's mark: none.

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