Portrait of a young lady - Miss Elizabeth Grove (?)
Maker
(artist)
1734-1802
1734-1802
Title
Portrait of a young lady - Miss Elizabeth Grove (?)
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
graphite and watercolour on laid paper (now discoloured)
Dimensions
Height: 34.5 cm
Width: 28.8 cm
Width: 28.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1134
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
by descent to the artist's granddaughter, Elizabeth Romney, Whitestock Hall, Cumbria (d. 1893); her estate sale, Christie's (London), 24-25 May 1894 [drawing lots in the catalogue are not described, only listed as multiple studies]; Squire Gallery (London); purchased there by Colnaghi (London), 19 December 1938; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 23 May 1939 (£24 and in part exchange for Thornhill drawings); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Alex Kidson, George Romney: A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings (Yale University Press: New Haven & London, 2015)
p. 267
no. 576
Entry for potentially associated painting of Miss Elizabeth Grove in a hat
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 40
p. 267
no. 576
Entry for potentially associated painting of Miss Elizabeth Grove in a hat
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 40
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Verso, lower centre: "I*VILLEDARY" (similar to the countermark in Heawood 1848 - London 1775).
Label: Detached from old mount, now kept separately from file: graphite: artist's name and dates, title given as "Study for Miss Elisabeth Grove", and sale information.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, erased and now illegible: "[...] March [?]". Verso: lower right, graphite: "by George Romney / purchased at the sale of his / granddaughters (Miss Romney's) effects / with several sketch books_ ".
Label: Detached from old mount, now kept separately from file: graphite: artist's name and dates, title given as "Study for Miss Elisabeth Grove", and sale information.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, erased and now illegible: "[...] March [?]". Verso: lower right, graphite: "by George Romney / purchased at the sale of his / granddaughters (Miss Romney's) effects / with several sketch books_ ".
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