Lord Hawk and his family
Maker
(artist)
1757-1827
1757-1827
Title
Lord Hawk and his family
Date of Production
1800 - 1899
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash on wove paper, laid down on a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 17.7 cm
Width: 22.7 cm
Width: 22.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2911
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.2228b, along with D.1952.RW.2909, 2910 and 2914 (4 shillings each); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
catalogue untraced, Forty Hall, Enfield, 1970
A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections, University of Sussex, Falmer, 1964
A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections, University of Sussex, Falmer, 1964
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 42
p. 42
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink: "Lord Hawk + his Family". Verso (hidden under support, visible via transmitted light): whole sheet covered in ink inscriptions, just discernible but not currently legible. Support (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite: "96 / 10 on 4" [same inscription as on D.1952.RW.2909]; centre, graphite, circled: "2259"; lower centre, graphite: "#5".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink: "Lord Hawk + his Family". Verso (hidden under support, visible via transmitted light): whole sheet covered in ink inscriptions, just discernible but not currently legible. Support (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite: "96 / 10 on 4" [same inscription as on D.1952.RW.2909]; centre, graphite, circled: "2259"; lower centre, graphite: "#5".
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