Design for a monument to Garrick
Maker
(artist)
1727-1785
1727-1785
Title
Design for a monument to Garrick
Medium
black chalk and grey wash on laid paper, framed with black chalk in an arch
Dimensions
Height: 32.1 cm
Width: 20.1 cm
Width: 20.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1418
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
Sotheby's (London), 25 - 26 January 1927, lot 170; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (along with D.1952.RW.1419-1420); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: Pro Patria (the staff ends in a hook rather than a hat, which is not a variant seen in either Churchill or Heawood).
Inscription: 10 foot 6
Inscription: cipriani / Design for Garricks Monument //
Inscription: [...] fact cf [?]
Inscription: 10/6
Inscription: 10 foot 6
Inscription: cipriani / Design for Garricks Monument //
Inscription: [...] fact cf [?]
Inscription: 10/6
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