Six studies of a bishop holding a tablet (related to the decoration of the Chapel, Wimpole, Cambridgeshire)
Maker
(artist)
1675-1734
1675-1734
Title
Six studies of a bishop holding a tablet (related to the decoration of the Chapel, Wimpole, Cambridgeshire)
Date of Production
(circa) 1721
Medium
graphite, pen and ink (brown), wash (brown) on laid paper, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 9.8 cm
Width: 30.4 cm
Width: 30.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2160
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
Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Allen, Brian, 'Thornhill at Wimpole' in 'Apollo', September 1985 - 204-211; 122, 283
p. 6
fig. 6 on p. 4
see attached PDF
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 50
p. 6
fig. 6 on p. 4
see attached PDF
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 50
Inscriptions
Watermark: Recto: left centre (left of the head of the third figure from the left: only just visible when the sheets are lightly separated but unable to identify clearly. Backing sheet, upper centre, hard to see b/c obscured by an accretion on the verso: “IB [?]”.
Inscription: Separate paper attached to drawing, graphite: G. Chiari.
Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite, hard to read: hv/ / 1183 / 13/ / 1134 [?].
Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite: Sir James Thornhill / Cox Coll .
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Separate paper attached to drawing, graphite: G. Chiari.
Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite, hard to read: hv/ / 1183 / 13/ / 1134 [?].
Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite: Sir James Thornhill / Cox Coll .
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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