Ornamental frame for title page
Maker
(artist)
1697-1764
1697-1764
Title
Ornamental frame for title page
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper, incised for transfer
Dimensions
Height: 11.5 cm
Width: 12.6 cm
Width: 12.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2218
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), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 27
p. 27
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: within drawing (inside wreath), graphite: several lines of title page, now completely erased or faded and illegible, first word could be "AKADEMIE"; lower left corner, grey ink, signed with artist’s initials: "W.H.". Verso: centre, graphite: "designed by Wm. Hogarth".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower centre edge, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: within drawing (inside wreath), graphite: several lines of title page, now completely erased or faded and illegible, first word could be "AKADEMIE"; lower left corner, grey ink, signed with artist’s initials: "W.H.". Verso: centre, graphite: "designed by Wm. Hogarth".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower centre edge, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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