Caricature of two human faces, related to a donkey and a pig
Maker
(artist)
1757-1827
1757-1827
Title
Caricature of two human faces, related to a donkey and a pig
Date of Production
(c.) 1822 - 1827
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour on laid paper, laid down on a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 21.7 cm
Width: 18.9 cm
Width: 18.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2914
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), along with D.1952.RW.2909, 2910 and 2911, for 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: Recto, right edge (backwards, but is not visible from verso b/c of support): "BATH / 1822".
Inscription: Recto: upper centre, brown ink: "Tabella humanae auris de liniatione insignit a proponitur, ut afinina collatione / ejus stolida magnitudo exquisitins dignoscatur. / Magna aures"; centre, brown ink: "Asumno crassus nasus"; lower centre, brown ink: "Suillam caput cum divulsis ad nasum superciliis, idemque humanum illius simulachrum / exprimens, oculis fulicimus". Verso (hidden behind support, only visible via transmitted light): centre, graphite, circled: "9065"; lower right, graphite: "15 / 9b" [?]; lower right, graphite: "#2" [?]. Support (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite: "2266".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left, stamped in red: Louis Deglatigny (L.1768a). Support (old), Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper centre, brown ink: "Tabella humanae auris de liniatione insignit a proponitur, ut afinina collatione / ejus stolida magnitudo exquisitins dignoscatur. / Magna aures"; centre, brown ink: "Asumno crassus nasus"; lower centre, brown ink: "Suillam caput cum divulsis ad nasum superciliis, idemque humanum illius simulachrum / exprimens, oculis fulicimus". Verso (hidden behind support, only visible via transmitted light): centre, graphite, circled: "9065"; lower right, graphite: "15 / 9b" [?]; lower right, graphite: "#2" [?]. Support (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite: "2266".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left, stamped in red: Louis Deglatigny (L.1768a). Support (old), Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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