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Dromedary with tether

Maker

(artist)
1698-1767

Title

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

black chalk with stumping on laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 28.2 cm
Width: 23.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2165

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

E. Parsons & Sons (London), cat. no. 44 (between 1921-1927), lot 172; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952 Parsons didn’t print the publication year on their catalogues so we have to rely on annotations/anecdotal evidence. We know that their catalogue 38 was for a sale in 1921, and we think catalogue 46 was around 1927, so catalogue 44 should be between those dates. The BM has a drawing that came from cat. no. 45, which resold drawings Parsons had purchased from a sale in April 1926 and so must date after that. The V&A has a copy of Parsons catalogue no. 51 which they estimate is dated 1934, which supports the timeline assumed above.

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: possibly a coat of arms similar to Heawood 789-799 (all Italian, mid-17th century), but unable to see clearly due to backing sheet.

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): upper left corner, graphite, unclear: “R- / [...]k //”; upper centre, graphite: “CK. 2407”; upper right corner, graphite: “Ridinger / LB XIV 227180. //”; lower left corner, graphite, circled: “D.1011.”; lower centre, graphite: “Ridinger, Joh. El.”.

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

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