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Three-quarter length portrait of a lady - Mrs. G. de Bernier (?)

Maker

(artist)
1793-1872

Title

Three-quarter length portrait of a lady - Mrs. G. de Bernier (?)

Date of Production

1847

Medium

black, red and white chalk, grey wash on brown paper

Dimensions

Width: 26.4 cm
Height: 37.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2713

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

William Sabin, London; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 6 June 1939; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 18 December 1939 (£4.10); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 9

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, black chalk, second time in graphite: "Mt. Carpenter / M. Carpenter 1847". Verso: centre, graphite: "5068". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file): graphite, including Colnaghi number: "A.10648 / A/-/- / £7/7/-" and "Mrs. G. de Bernier / by Margaret Carpenter / 2713".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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