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Study of two women and a man

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1727-1788

Title

Study of two women and a man

Date of Production

1750 - 1850

Medium

pen and yellow-green ink and yellow-green wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 8.8 cm
Width: 4.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1415

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.1414 and 1416); 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 for D.1952.RW.1414): graphite, Colnaghi number: "A 1893".

Collector's mark: none.

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