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Soldier, leaving a tavern, confronted by an officer

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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

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.

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