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Sir Robert Peel selecting pictures

Maker

(artist)
1785-1841

Title

Sir Robert Peel selecting pictures

Date of Production

1833

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash on wove paper, laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 16.6 cm
Width: 11.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.266

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

Charles Fairfax Murray, London (1849-1919); possibly his estate sale at Christie's, 30 January 1920, either lot 194 (48 drawings including those by Wilkie, purchased by Sampson for £13.65), lot 233 (7 drawings by Wilkie, purchased by Samuel for £10.5) or lot 234 (55 drawings including those by Wilkie, purchased by F.R. Meatyard for £9.45); James Rimell & Son (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£2.6); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 57

Antique Collector, ?
Illus. p. 117, fig. 5

Inscriptions

Watermark: unable to check due to mount; none evident in raking light.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink, signed and dated: DW.-1833 / to be submitted to Sir A. Peel.

Inscription: Historic mount, Recto: lower left margin, erased, underlined: W[...] B.M..

Inscription: Historic mount, Recto: lower right corner, graphite: Coll. Fairfax / Murray .

Inscription: Historic mount, Recto: lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: 266.

Inscription: Historic mount, verso: left centre, graphite, Witt number: 266.

Inscription: Historic mount, Verso: lower left, graphite, crossed out: 35 / 17 [underline] / 52 .

Inscription: Historic mount, Verso: lower right, graphite: o/un.

Inscription: Historic mount, verso: lower right, graphite, second line crossed out: M/MY- / H- .

Collector's mark: Historic mount, Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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