Bust portrait of a boy
Maker
(artist)
1732-1783
1732-1783
Title
Bust portrait of a boy
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
coloured chalks with added wash on laid paper (formerly laid down but now separated, still sharing a mount with its former backing sheet), cut into an oval
Dimensions
Height: 19.2 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.240.1
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
gift of F. R. Meatyard (London) to 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. 44
p. 44
Inscriptions
Watermark: centre: imperial crown above letters: GR (see IMAF photos; similar to Pro Patria countermarks).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, signed: WWRyland / del-.
Collector's mark: On former backing sheet (now D.1952.RW.240.2), lower centre: stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, signed: WWRyland / del-.
Collector's mark: On former backing sheet (now D.1952.RW.240.2), lower centre: stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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