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Study for The Sewing Lesson

Maker

(artist)
1814-1875

Title

Study for The Sewing Lesson

Date of Production

(circa) 1860 - 1874

Medium

graphite on wove paper, inset into a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 11.1 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2763

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

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Provenance

by descent to the artist's widow; her sale, Durand-Ruel (Paris), 24 - 25 April 1894, L.1815, possibly lot 174; Puttick & Simpson (London), 7 May 1936, lot 138 (described as 'Mother and Child') [seller not listed in catalogue]; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre, graphite: “Lot 138”; centre, brown ink: “o + b 2595a [the “a” superscript]”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Jean-François Millet (L.1815). Mount (historic), Verso: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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