Design for a monument to Milton and Shakespeare (?)
Maker
Agostino Carlini (artist)
1718-1790
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
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
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
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
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)
Inscription: Design for. Garricks' Monument.
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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