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Man in contemporary dress

Maker

(artist)
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

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2449

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
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

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).

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