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Design for a monument to Milton and Shakespeare (?)

Maker

Agostino Carlini (artist)
1718-1790

Title

Design for a monument to Milton and Shakespeare (?)

Medium

graphite, pen and ink (brown), wash (grey) on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 30.9 cm
Width: 21.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1420

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

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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

Literature

Trusted, Marjorie, '"A Man of Talent": Agostino Carlini (c. 1718-1790) Part I' in 'Burlington Magazine, December 1992 - 776-784; 134, 1077
p. 778
Illus. on p. 777, fig. 13
see attached PDF

Inscriptions

Inscription: Carlini

Inscription: Design for. Garricks' Monument.

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

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