Head of a woman
Maker
(artist)
1732-1783
1732-1783
Title
Head of a woman
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
black and red chalk on laid paper (formerly the backing sheet to D.1952.RW.240.1, now separated but still sharing a mount)
Dimensions
Height: 19 cm
Width: 15.3 cm
Width: 15.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.240.2
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
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: none (however, there is a watermark in the paper of D.1952.RW.2401, which was formerly the recto of this drawing before being separated).
Inscription: none (however there is one on D.1952.RW.240.1, which was formerly the recto to this drawing before being separated).
Collector's mark: Recto: lower centre, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: none (however there is one on D.1952.RW.240.1, which was formerly the recto to this drawing before being separated).
Collector's mark: Recto: lower centre, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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