Standing figure of a young boy
Maker
(artist)
1803-1902
1803-1902
Title
Standing figure of a young boy
Date of Production
1823 - 1902
Medium
graphite on heavy wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 29.2 cm
Width: 21.8 cm
Width: 21.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2915
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
anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 6 June 1938, lot 3; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 6 August 1938 (£2); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, American Federation of the Arts, Washington, D.C. and nine cities in the USA, 1951
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 13
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 10
Lavaudon, Therese, 'L'Enfant dans la vie Anglaise' in Formes et Couleurs, Autumn 1947
ill., unpag.
p. 13
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 10
Lavaudon, Therese, 'L'Enfant dans la vie Anglaise' in Formes et Couleurs, Autumn 1947
ill., unpag.
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower right corner, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A.10110".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower right corner, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A.10110".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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