Design for an unexecuted monument, probably for William Shakespeare
Maker
(artist)
1694-1770
1694-1770
Title
Design for an unexecuted monument, probably for William Shakespeare
Date of Production
1700 - 1770
Medium
graphite, pen and grey and brown ink, grey and brown wash, on laid paper, executed using a ruler and compas, laid down on a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 29.9 cm
Width: 14.6 cm
Width: 14.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1419
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.1418, 1420); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
London and Londoners, Royal British Academy, London, 1939
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 129
p. 129
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: lower centre: "IV" (per Peter Bower, the initials of Jean Villedary, one of several generations of papermakers, whose initials were appropriated by makers from all over Western Europe as a mark of quality).
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: upper centre (hidden beneath drawing and only visible via transmitted light) and repeated at lower centre, graphite: "Ruysbrack / Design for Garrick Monument".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: upper centre (hidden beneath drawing and only visible via transmitted light) and repeated at lower centre, graphite: "Ruysbrack / Design for Garrick Monument".
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