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Miniature portrait bust of William Prynne

Maker

(artist)
1780-1853

Title

Miniature portrait bust of William Prynne

Date of Production

1812

Medium

pen and brown ink, watercolour and bodycolour on wove paper, with brown ink oval and rectangular framing lines; an incised line indicates a larger oval was originally intended

Dimensions

Height: 14.7 cm
Width: 10.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1668

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), 25-26 June 1923, lot 23; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£1, including D.1952.RW.1669); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 25

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed and dated: "GP Harding delt. 1812.". Support (historic), Recto: lower centre, graphite: "William Prynne at 37- / From a miniature in the Possession of Mr Foster".

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

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