Studies of a man and woman walking together and another woman seen from behind
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1727-1788
(artist)
1727-1788
Title
Studies of a man and woman walking together and another woman seen from behind
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
pen and grey ink on laid paper, all four corners cut
Dimensions
Height: 4.5 cm
Width: 5.1 cm
Width: 5.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1868
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
George Henry Anson, Catton Hall, Derbyshire (1888-1957); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 17-18 April 1923, lots 2103-4 and 2105-7 (together with D.1952.RW.1869 and 1870); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
catalogue untraced, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1932
Literature
Hayes, John, The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London 1970
p. 324
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 21
p. 324
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 21
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre: too fragmentary to identify.
Inscription: Verso: lower centre, graphite, acc. no.: "1868".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower centre, graphite, acc. no.: "1868".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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