Sally Monro seated at a table, sewing

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Maker

(artist)
1775-1802

Title

Sally Monro seated at a table, sewing

Date of Production

(circa) 1794 - 1797

Medium

graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 22.8 cm
Width: 18.7 cm

Object Number

D.1952.RW.2711

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre edge, fragment: lower half of a posthorn in a shield above "GR" above "1794".

Inscription: Verso: upper centre, brown ink: "Dr Monro"; lower centre, brown ink, artist's hand: "Mr Girtins Compliment to Dr Monro / and if convenient to that Gentleman - / whould wish to postpone his visit to / Sunday._ Yr".

Collector's mark: Verso: upper right, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower centre, stamped in black: Dr John Percy (L.1504).

Provenance

sent by the artist to Dr Thomas Monro (1759-1833); Archdeacon Burney [name in Modes but not in file so unsure of evidence for his name here]; Dr John Percy (1817-1889), L.1504 (verso, lower centre); his estate sale, 15 April 1890, lot 508; Leonard G. Duke, London (1890-1971); Squire Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, upper right), n.d. (£6.65); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 23
Girtin, Thomas and David Loshak, The art of Thomas Girtin: with a catalogue and 109 illustrations, London, 1954
no. 220

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