Three-quarter length portrait of a lady - Mrs. G. de Bernier (?)
Maker
(artist)
1793-1872
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
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
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).
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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