Three men at a table (recto)
Maker
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1727-1788
Style of
1726-1801
(artist)
1727-1788
Style of
1726-1801
Title
Three men at a table (recto)
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
graphite, black chalk, pen and grey ink and grey wash (recto), the verso prepared with a black chalk wash and drawn on with coloured chalks, and then incised lines, though the stylus lines do not match the chalk drawing in many areas; on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 17.4 cm
Width: 13.3 cm
Width: 13.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1193.13
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
Walter Sichel (1855-1933); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 25 October 1933, lot 278, as part of a sketchbook; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£8.5 for about 180 sketches); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 21
p. 21
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
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