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Robinson Crusoe standing on an island holding a spear, greeting another figure - frontispiece for 'Young Crusoe'

Maker

(artist)
1760-1848

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1755-1834

Title

Robinson Crusoe standing on an island holding a spear, greeting another figure - frontispiece for 'Young Crusoe'

Date of Production

1828 - 1829

Medium

traces of graphite (visible under microscope), red chalk and pen and grey ink on wove paper, with grey ink framing lines, adhered at three corners to a blue paper mount

Dimensions

Height: 12.1 cm
Width: 8.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1684

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

Walter T. Spencer (bookseller and dealer), London (1863-1936); from whom purchased by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (as Stothard, with D.1952.RW.1682-1683 and 1685-1690); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

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

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink: “T. Stothard.”; lower left edge, brown ink: “1828-29 Young Crusoe”; lower right, graphite: “Wn [?]”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Thomas Stothard / 1755-1834 / Robinson Crusoe.”.

Collector's mark: none.

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