Man standing in a landscape
Maker
(artist)
1725-1809
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1708-1776
1725-1809
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1708-1776
Title
Man standing in a landscape
Date of Production
(circa) 1753 - 1754
Medium
red and black chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 22.2 cm
Width: 12.1 cm
Width: 12.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1055
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
greatcoats
Provenance
Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Festival of Britain exhibition of Nottinghamshire art past and present together with certain portraits and relics relating to the history of the county, and a reminder of English taste in the reign of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria., Nottingham Castle Museum, England, 15/09/1951-06/10/1951
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943 ...More
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
Bicentenary memorial exhibition of Thomas Gainsborough: illustrating the various periods of his work, also the work of his contemporaries and his influence on the art of his own and later times., Ipswich Museum, 07/10/1927-05/11/1927 ...Less
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943 ...More
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
Bicentenary memorial exhibition of Thomas Gainsborough: illustrating the various periods of his work, also the work of his contemporaries and his influence on the art of his own and later times., Ipswich Museum, 07/10/1927-05/11/1927 ...Less
Literature
Razzall, Rosie, 'Sandby copying Gainsborough: sharing, sociability, and self-fashioning' in 'Master Drawings', Summer 2020 - pp. 226-46; vol. 58, no. 2
p. 239
Fig. 22 on p. 238
Ribiero, Aileen and Valerie Cumming, The Visual History of Costume, London, Batsford, 1989
p. 145
Illus. p. 145
Ribeiro, Aileen, A visual history of costume: the eighteenth century, London and New York 1983
p. 68
Illus. repr. ...More
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 45
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 70
Exhibition of late 18th and early 19th Century Art, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1933
Exhibition of the works of some neglected English masters, c.1750-c.1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1932
cat. no. 138
no. 138
as Hayman
Apollo, November 1927
Illus. repr. ...Less
p. 239
Fig. 22 on p. 238
Ribiero, Aileen and Valerie Cumming, The Visual History of Costume, London, Batsford, 1989
p. 145
Illus. p. 145
Ribeiro, Aileen, A visual history of costume: the eighteenth century, London and New York 1983
p. 68
Illus. repr. ...More
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 45
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 70
Exhibition of late 18th and early 19th Century Art, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1933
Exhibition of the works of some neglected English masters, c.1750-c.1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1932
cat. no. 138
no. 138
as Hayman
Apollo, November 1927
Illus. repr. ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, graphite, according to the Witt card this is a forged 'Spencer' signature: "Hayman". Verso: lower right, graphite, former attribution: "F. Hayman R.A.".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, graphite, according to the Witt card this is a forged 'Spencer' signature: "Hayman". Verso: lower right, graphite, former attribution: "F. Hayman R.A.".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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