Half-length portrait of a woman
Maker
(artist)
1766-1826
1766-1826
Title
Half-length portrait of a woman
Date of Production
1813
Medium
chalk (black, red, white and blue) on wove paper (now discoloured and brown due to light exposure and possibly an acidic mount)
Dimensions
Height: 25.3 cm
Width: 22.3 cm
Width: 22.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2700
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
anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 26 August 1942, lot 107; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 22 September 1943, for £5; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 55
p. 55
Inscriptions
Inscription: 1813 / Wm Ward //
Inscription: y/y
Inscription: Mrs. Ward
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: y/y
Inscription: Mrs. Ward
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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