Head of a woman - study for 'The Cut Finger'
Maker
(artist)
1785-1841
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
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
p. 57
Inscriptions
Inscription: Cut Finger. / Head of the Girl binding it up. / The Cat. //
Inscription: 60
Inscription: 50
Inscription: 26
Inscription: nb [?]
Inscription: 60
Inscription: 50
Inscription: 26
Inscription: nb [?]
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