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Study of a horse with head lowered, tail and mane blowing to left

Maker

(artist)
1733-1807

Title

Study of a horse with head lowered, tail and mane blowing to left

Date of Production

(circa) 1784

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, the pictorial area now discoloured due to light exposure

Dimensions

Height: 29 cm
Width: 44.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2766

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

Colnaghi (London); acquired there (in exchange for a Wilkie drawing) by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, January 1919 (£3.5); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 23

Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 31

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: Strasburg lily above a cursive monogram "WC" (no match found in Churchill or Heawood).

Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: "Gilpin"; below that another graphite inscription has been erased, possibly included "27".

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

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