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Study for 'Distraining for rent'

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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.

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