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Study of a young boy standing by a bank

Maker

Attributed to
(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

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

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Mount (removed, cut down and now in object file): graphite, Colnaghi number: "A.1893".

Collector's mark: none.

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