Knee-length view of a seated lady with a dog on her lap
Maker
(artist)
1758-1810
1758-1810
Title
Knee-length view of a seated lady with a dog on her lap
Date of Production
1758 - 1810
Medium
red and black chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 24.5 cm
Width: 20.1 cm
Width: 20.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2318
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
George Gould; Thomas Agnew & Sons (London); Joseph Duveen, London (1869-1939); given by him to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, in 1927; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Drawings by Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1953
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
English paintings and drawings circa 1780-1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1933-34 (Winter)
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
English paintings and drawings circa 1780-1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1933-34 (Winter)
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 27
Drawings by Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1953
cat. no. 461
Witt, Sir Robert, 'Further Old Master drawings of the English School' in 'The Antique Collector', May 1936; VII
p. 116
fig. 4 on p. 116
p. 27
Drawings by Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1953
cat. no. 461
Witt, Sir Robert, 'Further Old Master drawings of the English School' in 'The Antique Collector', May 1936; VII
p. 116
fig. 4 on p. 116
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Verso, centre: crowned, double-bordered circle containing an inverted triangle within another triangle, below, with the final three letters in monogram, is "BERGAMO", and below that is a six-pointed star [see tracing in file, must be related to the similar Bergamo mark in Heawood 1867 - Bologna dated 1695].
Inscription: Verso: centre, brown ink: "246".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: centre, brown ink: "246".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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