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Portrait of a lady, seated, half turned to left, with a small dog on her lap - Mrs Henry Bowles (?)

Maker

(artist)
1787-1819

Title

Portrait of a lady, seated, half turned to left, with a small dog on her lap - Mrs Henry Bowles (?)

Date of Production

1800 - 1819

Medium

graphite, black and red chalk on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 21.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1196

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

Christie's (London), 24 November 1922, lot 60; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£4.2); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

English paintings and drawings circa 1780-1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1933-34 (Winter)

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 25

English paintings and drawings circa 1780-1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1933 - 1934 (Winter)
cat. no. 76
no. 76

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, graphite: "Mrs Henry Bowles". Support (removed, see photo): lower left, graphite: "1196 Exh. B.F.C. 1933-4". Mount (removed, see photo): lower left, graphite: "Exh Burlington Fine Arts Club 1933/4"; lower right, graphite: "George Henry Harlow / 1787-1819 / Portrait of Mrs H Bowles".

Collector's mark: Support (removed, see photo): lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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