Bust portrait of a woman
Maker
(artist)
1741-1825
1741-1825
Title
Bust portrait of a woman
Date of Production
1808
Medium
graphite and watercolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 23.4 cm
Width: 19.2 cm
Width: 19.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1090
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
E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£1.15); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 16
p. 16
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite, signed with monogram and dated: "1808 / GD"; lower right, graphite: "M". Verso: lower left, graphite, Witt number: "1090"; lower right, graphite, erased and beneath remnant of adhesive: "S / /07 [?]".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite, signed with monogram and dated: "1808 / GD"; lower right, graphite: "M". Verso: lower left, graphite, Witt number: "1090"; lower right, graphite, erased and beneath remnant of adhesive: "S / /07 [?]".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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