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Design for an ornamental frieze (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1755-1834

Title

Design for an ornamental frieze (recto)

Date of Production

1755 - 1834

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink, grey and brown wash (recto), graphite (verso - on backing sheet), on laid paper, laid down, with added blue wove paper borders

Dimensions

Height: 11 cm
Width: 33.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1042

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 (lower left), n.d. (£1.2); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

English paintings and drawings circa 1780-1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1933-34 (Winter)

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 48

English paintings and drawings circa 1780-1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1933 - 1934 (Winter)
cat. no. 89
no. 89

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: possibly at Recto, right centre, adjacent to edge - but unable to see clearly due to backing sheet.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, graphite: “6”. Verso (backing sheet): upper right corner, graphite, erased: “#6”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left, graphite: “Exhibited Burlington Fine Arts Club 1933-4”; lower right, graphite: “Thomas Stothard / 1755-1834 / (Father of Charles Alfred S.)”.

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