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Head of a woman - study for 'The Cut Finger'

Maker

(artist)
1785-1841

Title

Head of a woman - study for 'The Cut Finger'

Date of Production

(circa) 1809

Medium

black and red chalk with very gentle stumping on laid paper (probably originally blue paper, now faded), with traces of graphite visible in the eyes (examined under microscope with Paper Conservator July 2016)

Dimensions

Height: 9 cm
Width: 11.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2775

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

Charles Edward Lees, Werneth Park, Oldham (1840-1894); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 24 April 1936, lot 87; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) with D.1952.RW.2774, 2777 and 2778; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Paintings and Drawings by Sir David Wilkie, Royal Academy, Edinburgh, 1958

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 57

Inscriptions

Inscription: Cut Finger. / Head of the Girl binding it up. / The Cat. //

Inscription: 60

Inscription: 50

Inscription: 26

Inscription: nb [?]

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