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Study for a family group

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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

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).

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