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Fight between a cockerel and turkey in a poultry yard

Maker

(artist)
1622-1702

Title

Fight between a cockerel and turkey in a poultry yard

Date of Production

1622 - 1702

Medium

grpahite, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 18.5 cm
Width: 29.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2097

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, with D.1952.RW.2098 by 1934; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960

Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943 ...More

The Reign of Charles II, London & England, 01/01/1932-01/03/1932

Meisterwerke englischer Malerei aus drei Jahrhunderten, Vienna, 1927 ...Less

Literature

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 2

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 4

Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 3 ...More

Shaw Sparrow, Walter, 'Francis Barlow. His Country Life and Field Sports', Apollo XIX, January 1934, pp. 25-29
ill. on p. 29 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: unable to see due to backing sheet (and potentially a mark in the sky at upper left as well). Backing sheet, centre: “V” and possibly “I” - only visible in raking light.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Recto: lower left, pen and brown ink, signed by the artist: "F. Barlow". Verso: centre, graphite, Witt number: "2097"; lower left, graphite: "Exh. Vienna 1927 / Char II 1932"; lower right, graphite, circled: "9".

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