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Man seated before an artist sketching

Maker

(artist)
1713-1784

Title

Man seated before an artist sketching

Medium

red and white chalk on laid paper, the right edge made up

Dimensions

Height: 38.1 cm
Width: 46.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1965

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

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Provenance

George Gallery (Edinburgh); Richardson (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. 39

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: upper right, graphite: “Allan Ramsay”; lower right, graphite, encircled: “70”; below that, graphite: “1”. A former backing sheet has been removed, with only the right and left edges remaining; evidently it was a printed map, with remnants of boundaries, trees and place names printed in black ink such as “Chin[…]”, “[…]ille” and “Tolou[…]”.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner (on remnant of a former backing sheet), stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Stamp: Verso: centre, purple ink: "FROM / THE GEORGE GALLERY. / 55 GEORGE STREET. / EDINBURGH".

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