Studies of a woman standing and a standing man in a turban
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1727-1788
(artist)
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1727-1788
Title
Studies of a woman standing and a standing man in a turban
Date of Production
1750 - 1850
Medium
pen and purple ink on laid paper, the left upper edge cut around the figure
Dimensions
Height: 12.7 cm
Width: 8.3 cm
Width: 8.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1404
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. (£2.65 including RW.1402 and 1403); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
catalogue untraced, Eton College, 1950
catalogue untraced, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1932
Bicentenary memorial exhibition of Thomas Gainsborough: illustrating the various periods of his work, also the work of his contemporaries and his influence on the art of his own and later times., Ipswich Museum, 07/10/1927-05/11/1927
catalogue untraced, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1932
Bicentenary memorial exhibition of Thomas Gainsborough: illustrating the various periods of his work, also the work of his contemporaries and his influence on the art of his own and later times., Ipswich Museum, 07/10/1927-05/11/1927
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 21
Hayes, John, The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London 1970
p. 324
p. 21
Hayes, John, The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London 1970
p. 324
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower centre, graphite, acc. no.: "1404".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower centre, graphite, acc. no.: "1404".
Collector's mark: none.
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