Head of a stag
Maker
(artist)
1769-1859
1769-1859
Title
Head of a stag
Medium
graphite and watercolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 27.5 cm
Width: 19.3 cm
Width: 19.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1098
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
Edward Speelman (London); purchased there by Colnaghi (London), 17 February 1936; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 9 April 1936 (£2.10, in part exchange); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 54
p. 54
Inscriptions
Inscription: JWD. RA
Inscription: c/-/-
Inscription: A 8162
Inscription: 15 68 / e/e/ //
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: JAMES WHATMAN / 1[...] //
Inscription: A. 8162 RW 1098 / c/-/- / £3/10/- / James Ward R.A. //
Inscription: c/-/-
Inscription: A 8162
Inscription: 15 68 / e/e/ //
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: JAMES WHATMAN / 1[...] //
Inscription: A. 8162 RW 1098 / c/-/- / £3/10/- / James Ward R.A. //
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