Lion and lioness asleep
Maker
(artist)
1805-1876
1805-1876
Title
Lion and lioness asleep
Date of Production
1823
Medium
black chalk, moistened in areas, white bodycolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 28.6 cm
Width: 43.9 cm
Width: 43.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1778
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
Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), by 1824 [according to the engraving after it, though no Lugt mark]; F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 1921; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
John Frederick Lewis: Facing Fame, Watts Gallery, Surrey, 09/07/2019-03/11/2019
John Frederick Lewis, RA, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 30/05/2008-26/10/2008
J.F. Lewis R.A. (1805-1876) - Painter of the Desert and Harem, Guildford, 1977 ...More
The Life and Work of Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A., Sheffield, 06/02/1972-12/03/1972
John Frederick Lewis R.A., Newcastle Festival, 1971
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
200th Winter Exhibition, Royal British Academy, Suffolk Street, London, 1943-44 ...Less
John Frederick Lewis, RA, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 30/05/2008-26/10/2008
J.F. Lewis R.A. (1805-1876) - Painter of the Desert and Harem, Guildford, 1977 ...More
The Life and Work of Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A., Sheffield, 06/02/1972-12/03/1972
John Frederick Lewis R.A., Newcastle Festival, 1971
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
200th Winter Exhibition, Royal British Academy, Suffolk Street, London, 1943-44 ...Less
Literature
The Young Lion: Early Drawings by John Frederick Lewis RA (1804-1876) (a guide to the display), Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2008
no. 21
J.F. Lewis, R.A. (1805-1876): painter of the desert and harem, Guildford House Gallery, 1977
no. 2
John Frederick Lewis R.A. 1805-1876, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1971, Newcastle Festival
Illus. repr. ...More
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 33
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 51
Hubbard, Hesketh, Some Victorian Draughtsmen, Cambridge, 1944
Illus. pl. 35 ...Less
no. 21
J.F. Lewis, R.A. (1805-1876): painter of the desert and harem, Guildford House Gallery, 1977
no. 2
John Frederick Lewis R.A. 1805-1876, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1971, Newcastle Festival
Illus. repr. ...More
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 33
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 51
Hubbard, Hesketh, Some Victorian Draughtsmen, Cambridge, 1944
Illus. pl. 35 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, black chalk, second line cut off by lower edge, signed and dated: "J F Lewis 1823 / [cut off]". Mount (removed, now missing, recorded in Modes): lower left and lower right, pen and ink: "J.F.Lewis / 1823".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, black chalk, second line cut off by lower edge, signed and dated: "J F Lewis 1823 / [cut off]". Mount (removed, now missing, recorded in Modes): lower left and lower right, pen and ink: "J.F.Lewis / 1823".
Collector's mark: none.
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