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Studies of hands - studies for 'Duncan Gray' (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1785-1841

Title

Studies of hands - studies for 'Duncan Gray' (recto)

Date of Production

(circa) 1814

Medium

black chalk (recto and verso) on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 13.6 cm
Width: 12.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2778

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

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, 2775 and 2777; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Sir David Wilkie: drawings into paintings, National Gallery of Scotland, 13/09/1975-24/09/1975

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: Duncan Gray. / Study for Meg's Hands. / _"_"_ the Father's Hands. //

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