Study of a horse with head lowered, tail and mane blowing to left
Maker
(artist)
1733-1807
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
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
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).
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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