Caricature of two human faces related to a rabbit and a dog
Maker
(artist)
1757-1827
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
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
Keywords
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
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).
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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