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Young man seated, in contemporary dress

Maker

(artist)
1699-1773

Title

Young man seated, in contemporary dress

Date of Production

(?) 1745

Medium

black chalk with stumping, white chalk, on brown laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, now laid down on Japanese tissue

Dimensions

Height: 36.8 cm
Width: 22.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2566

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

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Provenance

E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, 1959

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: small crown(?) with fleur-de-lis.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, black chalk, signed by the artist with his monogram, but abraded and difficult to read: “HG Fecit”. Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Verso: lower right, graphite, first line circled: “F 883 / 12 //”.

Collector's mark: Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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