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Portrait head of Dr. Richard Conyers

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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

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".

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