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Young woman seated on a couch

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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).

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