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Caricature of two human faces related to a rabbit and a dog

Maker

(artist)
1757-1827

Title

Caricature of two human faces related to a rabbit and a dog

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

pen and brown ink and watercolour on wove paper, laid down on a historic support

Dimensions

Height: 8.5 cm
Width: 19.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2909

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

Louis Deglatigny, Rouen (1854-1936); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 11 May 1938, lot 59 (with 14 others); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.22228b, along with D.1952.RW.2910, 2911 and 2914 (4 shillings each); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 42

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Support (historic), Verso: upper left, graphite: "96 / 10 on 4"; written twice (at upper centre and right centre), graphite, circled: "1"; lower centre, graphite, circled: "2256". Mount (removed, see photo), recto, lower right, graphite:, "Thomas Rowlandson / 1756-1827 / Coll Delatigny".

Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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