Miniature portrait bust of William Lord Crofts

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Maker

(artist)
1780-1853

Title

Miniature portrait bust of William Lord Crofts

Date of Production

1812

Medium

pen and brown ink, watercolour on wove paper, in an oval framed with grey ink lines and outer rectangular grey ink framing lines, inlaid into a historic paper border support

Dimensions

Height: 18.7 cm
Width: 14.1 cm

Object Number

D.1952.RW.1669

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, signed and dated: "GP Harding delt. 1812"; lower centre margin, graphite: "William Lord Crofts, from an original / picture by Lely in the collection of Earl Spencer at Althorpe Northamptonshire.". Verso: centre, graphite: "124".

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

Provenance

Sotheby's (London), 25-26 June 1923; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£1, including D.1952.RW.1668); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

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

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