Portrait of a man, bust-length (Mr Courtney?)
Maker
(artist)
1778-1831
1778-1831
Title
Portrait of a man, bust-length (Mr Courtney?)
Date of Production
(30 November) 1803
Medium
graphite on wove paper (now browned with age or light exposure)
Dimensions
Height: 22.4 cm
Width: 18.1 cm
Width: 18.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.220
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
the artist's studio sale, July 1831; purchased there by W.H. Burdon (his inscription on verso); Francis Wellesley, Esq.; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 28 June - 2 July 1920, lot 481 as 'A Portrait of Mr. Courtney, Senr.'; F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£2.2); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
English paintings and drawings circa 1780-1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1933-34 (Winter)
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 29
English paintings and drawings circa 1780-1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1933 - 1934 (Winter)
cat. no. 99
no. 99
p. 29
English paintings and drawings circa 1780-1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1933 - 1934 (Winter)
cat. no. 99
no. 99
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, graphite, signed and dated: J Jackson 30 Nov. / 1803. Verso: upper right edge, brown ink: Bought at sale of Jackson's effects / by WHBurdon July 1831; lower right edge, graphite, hard to read: Mr. Courtney Leslo / Nov. 1803 Beauley [?]. Mount (removed, recorded in 1983 conservation notes): Coll. F. Wellesley; Exhib. Burlington Fine Arts Club.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, graphite, signed and dated: J Jackson 30 Nov. / 1803. Verso: upper right edge, brown ink: Bought at sale of Jackson's effects / by WHBurdon July 1831; lower right edge, graphite, hard to read: Mr. Courtney Leslo / Nov. 1803 Beauley [?]. Mount (removed, recorded in 1983 conservation notes): Coll. F. Wellesley; Exhib. Burlington Fine Arts Club.
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