Young woman seated on a couch
Maker
(artist)
1769-1825
1769-1825
Title
Young woman seated on a couch
Date of Production
(after) 1803
Medium
graphite on laid paper, laid down on artist's secondary support (if signatures are authentic)
Dimensions
Height: 22.6 cm
Width: 18.6 cm
Width: 18.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.234
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
Sir W. Westmacott; F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£1.2); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
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. 37
English paintings and drawings circa 1780-1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1933 - 1934 (Winter)
cat. no. 79
no. 79
p. 37
English paintings and drawings circa 1780-1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1933 - 1934 (Winter)
cat. no. 79
no. 79
Inscriptions
Watermark: Recto: left centre edge (a line above cut off by edge): 1803..
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, graphite, signed?: by Owen R.A. Support (artist‘s?), Recto: lower right, graphite, signed?: by Owen from Nature. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left and right, graphite: Exhibited Burlington Fine Arts Club 1933-4 William Owen R.A. / British 1769-1825 / Coll. Sir W. Westmacott.
Collector's mark: Removed, cut down and glued to current mount, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, graphite, signed?: by Owen R.A. Support (artist‘s?), Recto: lower right, graphite, signed?: by Owen from Nature. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left and right, graphite: Exhibited Burlington Fine Arts Club 1933-4 William Owen R.A. / British 1769-1825 / Coll. Sir W. Westmacott.
Collector's mark: Removed, cut down and glued to current mount, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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