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Duel scene from 'An Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea' by Jonas Hanway

Maker

(artist)
1708-1776

Title

Duel scene from 'An Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea' by Jonas Hanway

Date of Production

(circa) 1753

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, incised for transfer (recto), mounted but only hinged at left, red chalk preparation (verso)

Dimensions

Height: 19.4 cm
Width: 16 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2756

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

unidentified sale, lot 134; Puttick & Simpson (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 7 May 1936 [not evident in the catalogue so must have been part of a bundle or parcel]; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Paintings, drawings and prints by Francis Hayman, R.A. 1708-1776, Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood, 1960

Three Exeter artists of the eighteenth century : Francis Hayman, Francis Towne, John White Abbott. Catalogue of loan exhibition by arrangement with the Arts Council of Great Britain, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, 08/05/1951-22/09/1951

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 25

Hammelmann, H. A. The Book Collector, 1953. pp. 116-132.
p. 130

Festival of Britain 1951. Loan Exhibition. Three Exeter Artists of the Eighteenth Century. Francis Hayman, R.A., Francis Towne, John White Abbott, Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter, 1951
no. 13

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: none.

Inscription: Recto: aspects of the drawing numbered throughout by artist in brown ink from “1” to “13”. Mount (historic), Recto: lower right (hidden under drawing), graphite: "Engraved"; along lower edge, graphite: “F. Hayman Hanway’s Travels Key Piece (Clip)”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left, graphite, crossed out in brown ink: “26.”; upper right, brown ink: “No 3.”; right centre, graphite: “Lot 134”; lower right, graphite, erased: “30/”; lower left corner, graphite: “5”.

Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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