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Studies of children

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: upper right, graphite, underlined: "8"; centre, graphite: "Single".

Collector's mark: none.

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