Sketch for a group portrait (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1734-1802
1734-1802
Title
Sketch for a group portrait (recto)
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
pen and brown ink (recto and verso) on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 19.8 cm
Width: 16.2 cm
Width: 16.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1913
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
Sotheby's (London); 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. 40
p. 40
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre edge, fragment: similar to Vryheyt or Britannia but rather than a sword or spear the object held aloft is an orb bearing a cross (no match yet found in Churchill or Heawood).
Inscription: Verso: upper left, brown ink: "Eny 1114 / 1114 / LL [?]" could be a paraphe, but no match found on Lugt).
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: upper left, brown ink: "Eny 1114 / 1114 / LL [?]" could be a paraphe, but no match found on Lugt).
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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