Study for 'Distraining for rent'
Maker
(artist)
1785-1841
1785-1841
Title
Study for 'Distraining for rent'
Medium
pen and ink (brown) on laid paper, laid down on card
Dimensions
Height: 10.9 cm
Width: 18.4 cm
Width: 18.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2244
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
rent
Provenance
Sir John Charles Robinson, London (1824-1913); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 24 February 1914, lot 52; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 26 February 1936, for £7; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Errington, Lindsay, 'Sir David Wilkie's Distraining for rent: sources and inspiration' in 'Bulletin of the National Galleries of Scotland', 1976; 2
fig. 3
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 57
fig. 3
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 57
Inscriptions
Inscription: Card support: Verso: lower right, stamped: [collectors mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)].
Mount: Recto: lower centre, graphite: "18" [circled]
Watermark: Recto: lower left corner, fragment: bottom of a Strasburg lily above a small orb above a cursive W.
Watermark: Recto: lower left corner, fragment: bottom of a Strasburg lily above a small orb above a cursive W.
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