Portrait of the Reverend Stevens in an oval, against a landscape

Maker

(artist)
1742-1810

Title

Portrait of the Reverend Stevens in an oval, against a landscape

Date of Production

1742 - 1810

Medium

black, red, white and blue chalk with black wash and watercolour on wove paper, framed with black chalk in an oval

Dimensions

Height: 21.6 cm
Width: 17.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2262

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

A.G. Fisher; F.R. Meatyard (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. 28

Williamson, George Charles, Life and works of Ozias Humphrey R.A., London 1918
p.240 second image
ill. on p. 240
Appears to be greyscale reproduction of drawing, only mentioned here

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: lower centre, dark brown ink: "The Rev.. Mr: Stevens / 23". Mount (removed, now cut down and in object file), Recto: graphite: "Ozias Humphry / 1742 - 1810 / Rev. Mr. Stevens / A.G. Fisher Coll. / Illustrated in Williamson's Ozias Humphry. p. 240.". Mount (removed, now cut down and in object file), Verso: graphite: "#3 / slip".

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

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