Portrait of a young man, full length, standing
Maker
(artist)
1787-1819
1787-1819
Title
Portrait of a young man, full length, standing
Date of Production
1800 - 1819
Medium
graphite with stumping and touches of red bodycolour (in the face) on wove paper, now quite brown in the pictorial area from light exposure
Dimensions
Height: 21.5 cm
Width: 15.6 cm
Width: 15.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1024
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£1.5); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Exhibition of late 18th and early 19th Century Art, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1933 (Jun.-Jul.)
Exhibition of the works of some neglected English masters, c.1750-c.1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1932
Exhibition of the works of some neglected English masters, c.1750-c.1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1932
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 25
Exhibition of late 18th and early 19th Century Art, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1933
Illus. repr.
Exhibition of the works of some neglected English masters, c.1750-c.1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1932
cat. no. 151
p. 25
Exhibition of late 18th and early 19th Century Art, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1933
Illus. repr.
Exhibition of the works of some neglected English masters, c.1750-c.1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1932
cat. no. 151
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite: "Harlow". Verso: lower centre, graphite, circled, abraded by removal of adhesive: "14 [?]". Mount (removed, cut down, and now in pieces in the file): graphite: "Exh: Burlington Fine Arts Club. 1932 / " San Francisco 1933 + Illustrated in Catalogue" and Witt number "1024".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite: "Harlow". Verso: lower centre, graphite, circled, abraded by removal of adhesive: "14 [?]". Mount (removed, cut down, and now in pieces in the file): graphite: "Exh: Burlington Fine Arts Club. 1932 / " San Francisco 1933 + Illustrated in Catalogue" and Witt number "1024".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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