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Unidentified subject - kneeling man offering a wreath to emperor on throne

Maker

(artist)
1760-1848

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1755-1834

Title

Unidentified subject - kneeling man offering a wreath to emperor on throne

Date of Production

1760 - 1848

Medium

pen and grey ink, grey wash and watercolour on paper, cut into an oval and laid down on a card support

Dimensions

Height: 7.9 cm
Width: 6.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1689

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), L.2228b, n.d. (as Stothard, with D.1952.RW.1682-1688 and 1690); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 8

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

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

Inscription: Recto: lower right (on base of throne), grey ink: "T.Stothard.". Support (historic), Recto: lower right of centre edge, graphite: "T. Stothard".

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