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Design for a monument to Garrick

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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