Horse and rider
Maker
(artist)
1694-1739
1694-1739
Title
Horse and rider
Date of Production
1730
Medium
graphite, wash (brown), bodycolour (white) on brown-prepared laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 20.1 cm
Width: 15.8 cm
Width: 15.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1547
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
Thomas Hudson, London (1701-1779), L.2432; possibly his estate sale, Langford (Covent Garden), 15-27 March 1779, first night, lot 7 (twenty studies by Vanderbank), or second night, lots 1 (thirty sketches by Vanderbank) or 2 (forty ditto); Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.228b, n.d. (£5); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
British country life through the centuries, 39 Grosvenor Square, London, 1937
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 53
p. 53
Inscriptions
Inscription: Jno [the 'o' superscript] Vanderbank fecit. 1730.
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Thomas Hudson (L.2432)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Thomas Hudson (L.2432)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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