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Portrait of the Duke of Wellington

Maker

(artist)
1817-1884

Title

Portrait of the Duke of Wellington

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

black, red and white chalk, incised for transfer on brown wove paper (no preparation on verso; the incised lines do not always conform to the drawn lines on the recto)

Dimensions

Height: 37.8 cm
Width: 27.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1661

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) [perhaps 25-26 June 1923 like RW.1660, 1662 and 1663?]; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower left), n.d. (4 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 31

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Verso: lower centre, graphite: "Wellington"; lower right of centre, graphite, Witt number: "1661"; lower right, graphite: "Samuel Lawrence"; lower right edge, graphite: "9-". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Samuel Lawrence / 1812 - 1884 / The Duke of Wellington".

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