Sir Robert Peel selecting pictures
Maker
(artist)
1785-1841
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
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
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).
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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