Design for a vignette
Maker
(artist)
1755-1834
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
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
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.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, grey ink: "T. Stothard".
Collector's mark: none.
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