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Portrait of a young woman in profile

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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).

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