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Interior - three women doing needlework and reading at a table by candlelight

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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

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).

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