Portrait head of a man - Anthony Westcombe (?)
Maker
(artist)
1702-1739
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1667-1745
1702-1739
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1667-1745
Title
Portrait head of a man - Anthony Westcombe (?)
Date of Production
1702 - 1739
Medium
pen and brown ink and graphite on laid paper, laid down on a small card mount; now also sharing a mount with D.1952.RW.1618
Dimensions
Height: 7.1 cm
Width: 7.4 cm
Width: 7.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1600
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), 17 - 18 April 1923, lot 46 (with 22 others) as by Jonathan Richardson, the elder; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 45
p. 45
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.
Inscription: Recto, lower centre edge, brown ink over graphite, cut off: "[...]r Antho Westcombe Smirna Coff: H. Poll M". Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre margin, graphite, Witt number: "1600". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Col. James Seymour".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto, lower centre edge, brown ink over graphite, cut off: "[...]r Antho Westcombe Smirna Coff: H. Poll M". Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre margin, graphite, Witt number: "1600". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Col. James Seymour".
Collector's mark: none.
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