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Cat and kittens

Maker

(artist)
1622-1702

Title

Cat and kittens

Date of Production

1684

Medium

pen and brown ink, grey wash on buff laid paper, incised for transfer and the verso prepared with black chalk

Dimensions

Height: 13.1 cm
Width: 18.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.219

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

Charles Fairfax Murray, London (1849-1919); possibly his estate sale, Christie's (London), 30 January 1920, lot 118 (if identified there as 'Cats and Poultry' by Barlow', with 8 others); if correctly identified, purchased there by Brall (Louis Brall & Sons?) (£5.25 for all 9); F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£1.7); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

The Age of Charles II, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1960-1961

Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59

Drawings by Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1953 ...More

Exhibition of Stuart Drawings, Red Lodge, Bristol, 12/06/1952-12/07/1952

catalogue untraced, San Francisco, 1938

catalogue untraced, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1924 ...Less

Literature

The Age of Charles II, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1960-61
cat. no. 539

Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 47

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

Drawings by Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1953
cat. no. 437

Exhibition of Stuart Drawings, Red Lodge, Bristol, 1952
cat. no. 6
p. 48

Woodward, John O., Tudor and Stuart Drawings, London: Faber and Faber, 1951
Illus. pl. 29

?, The Antique Collector, ?
Illus. repr.
recorded on Witt card but no year listed ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: upper left, graphite, signed and dated by the artist: F. Barlow. 1684..

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

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