Man carrying a stick and basket (recto)
Sketch of horse and cart with driver (verso)
Maker
(artist)
1769-1847
1769-1847
Title
Man carrying a stick and basket (recto)
Sketch of horse and cart with driver (verso)
Sketch of horse and cart with driver (verso)
Date of Production
1769 - 1847
Medium
black chalk (recto), graphite (verso) on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 32.8 cm
Width: 20.6 cm
Width: 20.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2941
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
Leonard G. Duke, London (1890-1971); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 14 February 1938; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1951), L.2228b, 12 September 1938, for £3.10; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 4
p. 4
Inscriptions
Watermark: centre: foolscap with seven points above “4” above three Medici balls (no match found in Heawood or Churchill).
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, brown ink, appearance of an album page number: "861". Verso: centre, graphite, underlined, L.G. Duke's hand: "Thomas Barker, of Bath, 1769-1847". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file): graphite, Colnaghi number and price: "A9938- / T/cx/- / £5/5/-".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, brown ink, appearance of an album page number: "861". Verso: centre, graphite, underlined, L.G. Duke's hand: "Thomas Barker, of Bath, 1769-1847". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file): graphite, Colnaghi number and price: "A9938- / T/cx/- / £5/5/-".
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