Lady standing by a garden ornament
Maker
(artist)
1742-1821
1742-1821
Title
Lady standing by a garden ornament
Date of Production
1762 - 1821
Medium
graphite, watercolour on wove paper laid down on Witt mount
Dimensions
Height: 24.3 cm
Width: 16.6 cm
Width: 16.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1973
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
M. Bernard (London); purchased there by Colnaghi (London), 12 May 1942; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 23 May 1942, for £9; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, American Federation of the Arts, Washington, D.C. and nine cities in the USA, 1951
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 13
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 12
p. 13
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 12
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Mount, Verso: upper left, graphite, circled: "932"; lower left, graphite: "22/26" and below that, graphite, circled: "No 86".
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount, Verso: upper left, graphite, circled: "932"; lower left, graphite: "22/26" and below that, graphite, circled: "No 86".
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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