Sketch for 'The Village Festival' (Tate Gallery) (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1785-1841
1785-1841
Title
Sketch for 'The Village Festival' (Tate Gallery) (recto)
Date of Production
1809 - 1811
Medium
black chalk (recto and verso) on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 9.8 cm
Width: 9.7 cm
Width: 9.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2295.2
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
Bruscoli (Florence); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 57
p. 57
Inscriptions
Inscription: Village Festival. / Hand of the Man sitting at table with a glass. / The hand of the Landlord emptying the bottle. / Girl's hand with the Can, under the window. / Another study for the same colored. / Two studies for the Group under the porch. / at the back a Sketch for the Pedlar hand and / pipe. //
Inscription: D. Wilkie
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: D. Wilkie
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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