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Portrait head of a man - Anthony Westcombe (?)

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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

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.

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