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Studies of a male figure's torso, a man and a woman seated, and a head

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1727-1788

Title

Studies of a male figure's torso, a man and a woman seated, and a head

Date of Production

1750 - 1850

Medium

pen and purple ink on laid paper, the right edge cut around the figures

Dimensions

Height: 12 cm
Width: 6.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1416

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 1415); 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: Verso: lower centre, graphite: "14" and below that, acc. no.: "1416".

Collector's mark: none.

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