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Head of a stag

Maker

(artist)
1769-1859

Title

Head of a stag

Medium

graphite and watercolour on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 27.5 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

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. //

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