Study for a family group
Maker
(artist)
1738-1815
1738-1815
Title
Study for a family group
Date of Production
1786 - 1788
Medium
black and a touch of white chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 21.6 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1785
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
by descent to John Singleton Copley, Jr.; his sale, Christie’s (London), 26-27 February 1864, lot 672; purchased there by Clark; E. Parsons & Sons (London), before 1932; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
John Singleton Copley: American portraits in oil, pastel and miniature. With biographical sketches., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 01/02/1938-15/03/1938
Literature
Gidley, Mick, A catalogue of American paintings in British public collection, Exeter: University of Exeter, 1974
p. 15
Prown, Jules David, John Singleton Copley. In England 1774-1815, Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1966
p. 426
Fig. no. 480
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 13
p. 15
Prown, Jules David, John Singleton Copley. In England 1774-1815, Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1966
p. 426
Fig. no. 480
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 13
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: upper centre, cut off by upper edge: Arms of Britannia - figure seated inside circle surmounted by a crown, next to shield with a cross, holding a spear and branch with leaves (see Churchill 219-235, British dated 1750-1805, though no exact matches).
Inscription: Verso: lower centre, graphite: "2127".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower centre, graphite: "2127".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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