Portrait head of Dr. Richard Conyers
Maker
(artist)
1745-1806
1745-1806
Title
Portrait head of Dr. Richard Conyers
Date of Production
(circa) 1772
Medium
pastels on blue laid paper (now darkened to a greenish-brown), laid down on card
Dimensions
Height: 35.1 cm
Width: 28.6 cm
Width: 28.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1656
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
anonymous sale, Christie's (London), 21 July 1939, lot 9; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 18 December 1939 (£5); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, American Federation of the Arts, Washington, D.C. and nine cities in the USA, 1951
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948 ...More
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943 ...Less
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948 ...More
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943 ...Less
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 44
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 47
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 69
p. 44
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 47
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 69
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down on card; none evident in raking light.
Collector's mark: Support (removed, see photo), Recto: stamped twice at lower left in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left edge, brown ink, described: "Dr Conyers". Verso (card support), upper centre, white chalk: "6" [or 9].
Label: Detached from old mount, now kept in portfolio in P&D, graphite: "John Russell / 1745-1806 / Inscribed D. Conyers"; "Exh. V.& A. 1943 / " Arts Council 1948/9 / " by British Council Canada 1949/50 / "" American Federation of Arts. Washington, in 9 cities in the USA. 1951".
Collector's mark: Support (removed, see photo), Recto: stamped twice at lower left in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left edge, brown ink, described: "Dr Conyers". Verso (card support), upper centre, white chalk: "6" [or 9].
Label: Detached from old mount, now kept in portfolio in P&D, graphite: "John Russell / 1745-1806 / Inscribed D. Conyers"; "Exh. V.& A. 1943 / " Arts Council 1948/9 / " by British Council Canada 1949/50 / "" American Federation of Arts. Washington, in 9 cities in the USA. 1951".
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