Study for 'Orpheus and Eurydice'
Maker
(artist)
1817-1904
1817-1904
Title
Study for 'Orpheus and Eurydice'
Date of Production
(circa) 1872
Medium
black and white chalk on dark brown wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 56.1 cm
Width: 37.3 cm
Width: 37.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2982
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
the artist's wife, Mary Watts (1849-1938); given by her to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1967
Exhibition History
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 55
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 85
p. 55
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 85
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to see through heavy paper.
Inscription: Verso: lower right corner, graphite: "#3".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower right corner, graphite: "#3".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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