Boy in a smock
Maker
(artist)
1783-1859
1783-1859
Title
Boy in a smock
Date of Production
(16 August) 1843
Medium
black chalk and watercolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 27.6 cm
Width: 19 cm
Width: 19 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1903
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 the artist's granddaughter, Hannah Cox (1840-1909); sold by her to Walker Galleries (London), 1904 (see her letter in file for D.1952.RW.1432); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 14
p. 14
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower edge, black chalk, located and dated by the artist: "Sketched at Bolton August 16/43".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, fragment, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower edge, black chalk, located and dated by the artist: "Sketched at Bolton August 16/43".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, fragment, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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