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Three studies of a greyhound

Maker

(artist)
1769-1859

Title

Three studies of a greyhound

Medium

graphite washed with a fixative, on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 33.2 cm
Width: 22 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2845

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

purchased from an unknown seller by Colnaghi (London), 30 September 1937; acquired there (in part exchange) by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 30 September 1937; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

catalogue untraced, Churchill Club, London, 1945

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 54

Inscriptions

Inscription: Lord Grenvilles Grey hound

Inscription: JWD. RA

Inscription: James Ward. R.A. / 1769-1859 RW2845 / Signed / Exhib. Churchill Club 1945 //

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

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