Soldier, leaving a tavern, confronted by an officer
Maker
(artist)
1750-1811
1750-1811
Title
Soldier, leaving a tavern, confronted by an officer
Date of Production
1750 - 1811
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 26.8 cm
Width: 31.8 cm
Width: 31.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1387
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
Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Henry William Bunbury, 1750-1811, Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, Suffolk, England, 26/02/1983-10/04/1983
1776: the British story of the American Revolution, National Maritime Museum, London, 14/04/1976-02/10/1976
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948 ...More
Caricatures et Moeurs Anglaises, Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris and Bordeaux, 1938
British country life through the centuries, 39 Grosvenor Square, London, 1937
English Caricature, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1931-32
Humour Exhibition, Spring Gardens, London, 1925 ...Less
1776: the British story of the American Revolution, National Maritime Museum, London, 14/04/1976-02/10/1976
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948 ...More
Caricatures et Moeurs Anglaises, Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris and Bordeaux, 1938
British country life through the centuries, 39 Grosvenor Square, London, 1937
English Caricature, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1931-32
Humour Exhibition, Spring Gardens, London, 1925 ...Less
Literature
1776: the British story of the American Revolution, National Maritime Museum, London, 14 April - 2 October 1976, 1976
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 8
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 7
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 8
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 7
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: lower centre edge, fragment: lower portion of a Strasburg lily above “GR” (not found in Churchill or Heawood).
Inscription: Verso: upper right centre, graphite: "9".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper right centre, graphite: "9".
Collector's mark: none.
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