Study of a young boy standing by a bank
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1727-1788
(artist)
1727-1788
Title
Study of a young boy standing by a bank
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper, all four corners cut
Dimensions
Height: 7.2 cm
Width: 6.8 cm
Width: 6.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1407
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.1405 and 1406); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Hayes, John, The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London 1970
p. 324
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 21
p. 324
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 21
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Mount (removed, cut down and now in object file): graphite, Colnaghi number: "A.1893".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Mount (removed, cut down and now in object file): graphite, Colnaghi number: "A.1893".
Collector's mark: none.
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