Studies of children
Maker
(artist)
1769-1844
1769-1844
Title
Studies of children
Date of Production
1769 - 1844
Medium
graphite and watercolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 30.3 cm
Width: 17.9 cm
Width: 17.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1818
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
Alexander Anderdon Weston, London (1822-1901); William J. Knowles (1832-1927); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 4 April 1924, lot 38 (along with D.1952.RW.1817, 1819, 1821); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, American Federation of the Arts, Washington, D.C. and nine cities in the USA, 1951
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948 ...More
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Exhibition of the works of some neglected English masters, c.1750-c.1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1932
Meisterwerke englischer Malerei aus drei Jahrhunderten, Vienna, 1927 ...Less
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948 ...More
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Exhibition of the works of some neglected English masters, c.1750-c.1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1932
Meisterwerke englischer Malerei aus drei Jahrhunderten, Vienna, 1927 ...Less
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 27
William, Iolo A., Early English Watercolours, London: The Connoisseur, 1952
p. 215
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 30 ...More
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 37
Williams, Iolo, 'Robert Hills (1769-1844)' in 'Burlington Magazine', February 1945 - 3-45
p. 41, Plate I, fig. A
see attached PDF
Exhibition of the works of some neglected English masters, c.1750-c.1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1932
cat. no. 148 ...Less
p. 27
William, Iolo A., Early English Watercolours, London: The Connoisseur, 1952
p. 215
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 30 ...More
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 37
Williams, Iolo, 'Robert Hills (1769-1844)' in 'Burlington Magazine', February 1945 - 3-45
p. 41, Plate I, fig. A
see attached PDF
Exhibition of the works of some neglected English masters, c.1750-c.1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1932
cat. no. 148 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper right, graphite, underlined: "8"; centre, graphite: "Single".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper right, graphite, underlined: "8"; centre, graphite: "Single".
Collector's mark: none.
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