Miniature portrait bust of William Lord Crofts
Maker
(artist)
1780-1853
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
Width: 14.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1669
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), 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
p. 25
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).
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).
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