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Sheet of figure studies (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1755-1834

Title

Sheet of figure studies (recto)

Date of Production

1755 - 1834

Medium

graphite, pen and two different brown inks and grey ink, the upper corners cut (recto), graphite with uneven edges and large areas of loss (verso) on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 20.1 cm
Width: 31 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1166

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

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Provenance

given to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (no name given on the Witt card); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 48

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: imperial crown above “GR” (like ProPatria countermarks, though larger than the average one).

Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink: "W. Blake".

Collector's mark: none.

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