'Her ample presence fills up all the space...' - illustration to 'The Dunciad' by Alexander Pope
Maker
(artist)
1708-1776
1708-1776
Title
'Her ample presence fills up all the space...' - illustration to 'The Dunciad' by Alexander Pope
Date of Production
(circa) 1751
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper, with grey ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 16.5 cm
Width: 10.1 cm
Width: 10.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2848
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
Dr Arthur Douglas Heath, Birmingham (1870-1937); his estate sale at Fleetwood, Deakin, Hendriks & Co. (Birmingham), 13 July 1937, lot 212; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 30 September 1937, for £2.10; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Paintings, drawings and prints by Francis Hayman, R.A. 1708-1776, Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood, 1960
Three Exeter artists of the eighteenth century : Francis Hayman, Francis Towne, John White Abbott. Catalogue of loan exhibition by arrangement with the Arts Council of Great Britain, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, 08/05/1951-22/09/1951
Three Exeter artists of the eighteenth century : Francis Hayman, Francis Towne, John White Abbott. Catalogue of loan exhibition by arrangement with the Arts Council of Great Britain, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, 08/05/1951-22/09/1951
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 26
Hammelmann, H. A. The Book Collector, 1953. pp. 116-132.
p. 129
Festival of Britain 1951. Loan Exhibition. Three Exeter Artists of the Eighteenth Century. Francis Hayman, R.A., Francis Towne, John White Abbott, Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter, 1951
no. 12
p. 26
Hammelmann, H. A. The Book Collector, 1953. pp. 116-132.
p. 129
Festival of Britain 1951. Loan Exhibition. Three Exeter Artists of the Eighteenth Century. Francis Hayman, R.A., Francis Towne, John White Abbott, Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter, 1951
no. 12
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: left centre (within drawing), grey ink: "THULE".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: left centre (within drawing), grey ink: "THULE".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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