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Bust of elderly woman holding a hammer

Maker

(artist)
1699-1763

Title

Bust of elderly woman holding a hammer

Date of Production

(circa) 1742

Medium

black and white chalk on laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 46.2 cm
Width: 36.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.223

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

John Annan Bryce (1874-1923); his estate sale, Samuel Wallrock (London), 5-14 November 1923, part of lot 1361; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£1); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

unnumbered typescript - title was possibly 'A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections [as exhibited in 1964 at University of Sussex, Falmer]', Nottingham University, 1966

Inscriptions

Watermark: centre: unable to see clearly due to backing sheet.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: none.

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