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Head of a donkey

Maker

(artist)
1698-1767

Title

Head of a donkey

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

red chalk with stumping on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 14.1 cm
Width: 15.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.221

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

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Provenance

F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£1.35); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: lower centre edge, fragment: tips of two crossed keys (not found in Heawood).

Inscription: Verso: lower left corner, graphite, very small and unclear: l[...].

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

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