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Design for an unknown book illustration - a prisoner kneels before a queen seated on a throne, a coastal scene seen through arch in background

Maker

(artist)
1741-1816

Title

Design for an unknown book illustration - a prisoner kneels before a queen seated on a throne, a coastal scene seen through arch in background

Date of Production

1763

Medium

red and black chalk, pen and grey-brown ink, grey-brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 15.5 cm
Width: 11 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1075

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

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Provenance

Jean-François Gigoux, Paris (1806-1894), L.1164; E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£2.1); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre edge, fragment?: letter "W" with double lines.

Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, grey-brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: "R. Vinkeles. inv. 1763". Verso: upper centre, brown ink: "141"; lower centre, graphite, Witt number: "1075".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower centre edge, stamped in black ink: Jean-François Gigoux (L.1164); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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