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Six studies of a bishop holding a tablet (related to the decoration of the Chapel, Wimpole, Cambridgeshire)

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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).

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