Design for an ornamental frieze (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1755-1834
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
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
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.)”.
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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