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Three men at a table (recto)

Maker

Formerly attributed to
(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

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

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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

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: none.

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