Interior - three women doing needlework and reading at a table by candlelight
Maker
(artist)
1773-1835
1773-1835
Title
Interior - three women doing needlework and reading at a table by candlelight
Date of Production
1775 - 1835
Medium
graphite, watercolour and varnish on card with scratching out
Dimensions
Height: 14.8 cm
Width: 21.3 cm
Width: 21.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1943
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
E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
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
Exhibition of the works of some neglected English masters, c.1750-c.1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1932
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 39
Exhibition of the works of some neglected English masters, c.1750-c.1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1932
cat. no. 124 and 127
written twice in error
p. 39
Exhibition of the works of some neglected English masters, c.1750-c.1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1932
cat. no. 124 and 127
written twice in error
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to varnish.
Inscription: Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left, graphite:, "Exhibited Burlington Fine Arts 1932"; lower right, graphite: "Samuel William Reynolds the Elder. / 1773 - 1835".
Collector's mark: Removed from verso (backing sheet) and glued to current handling edges: stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left, graphite:, "Exhibited Burlington Fine Arts 1932"; lower right, graphite: "Samuel William Reynolds the Elder. / 1773 - 1835".
Collector's mark: Removed from verso (backing sheet) and glued to current handling edges: stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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