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Design for a vignette

Maker

(artist)
1755-1834

Title

Design for a vignette

Date of Production

1755 - 1834

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink and grey wash on laid paper, adhered at the corners to a blue paper support

Dimensions

Height: 8.9 cm
Width: 13 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1683

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

Walter T. Spencer (bookseller and dealer), London (1863-1936); from whom purchased by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (with D.1952.RW.1682 and 1684-1690); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 48

Inscriptions

Watermark: Recto, upper left corner: fragment of a circle with a thin border (cannot tell what is contained in the circle but there are busy lines).

Inscription: Recto: lower right, grey ink: "T. Stothard".

Collector's mark: none.

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