Man in contemporary dress
Maker
(artist)
1713-1784
1713-1784
Title
Man in contemporary dress
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
black and white chalk on blue (now discoloured brown in pictorial area) laid paper, laid down on a historic card support
Dimensions
Height: 49.7 cm
Width: 32.2 cm
Width: 32.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2449
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Arthur Hamilton Lee, bequest, 1947
Arthur Hamilton Lee, bequest, 1947
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Arthur Kay, Glasgow (1861-1939); his sale, Christie's (London), 23 May 1930, lot 79 (as 'An officer leaning on a stick'); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£8); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 39
p. 39
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down on card; in raking light appears may be one left of centre.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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