Half-length study of a young man, with study of a child's head, an arm and a shoe (recto)
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1727-1788
(artist)
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1727-1788
Title
Half-length study of a young man, with study of a child's head, an arm and a shoe (recto)
Date of Production
1750 - 1850
Medium
pen and purple ink, watercolour tests (recto), pen and grey ink, watercolour tests (verso) on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 6.4 cm
Width: 5.8 cm
Width: 5.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1405
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.1406 and 1407); Witt Bequest 1952
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: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
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