Portrait of a young woman in profile
Maker
(artist)
1793-1873
1793-1873
Title
Portrait of a young woman in profile
Date of Production
1829
Medium
graphite and touches of red and white chalk on wove paper; some black chalk offset on verso in areas corresponding to the recto drawing - involved in some kind of transfer process?
Dimensions
Height: 16.4 cm
Width: 17.5 cm
Width: 17.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1135
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. (16 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 37
p. 37
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: right centre, graphite, signed with initials and dated: "ETP / 1829". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Edward Thomas Parris / 1793 - 1873 / Signed + dated".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: right centre, graphite, signed with initials and dated: "ETP / 1829". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Edward Thomas Parris / 1793 - 1873 / Signed + dated".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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