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Portrait of two seated men in Middle Eastern dress

Maker

(artist)
1800-1899

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1805-1876

Title

Portrait of two seated men in Middle Eastern dress

Medium

graphite, watercolour on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 31 cm
Width: 39.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3020

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

Alston (?); F.A. Drey (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

J.F. Lewis R.A. (1805-1876) - Painter of the Desert and Harem, Guildford, 1977

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953

catalogue untraced, Eton College, 1950

Literature

J.F. Lewis, R.A. (1805-1876): painter of the desert and harem, Guildford House Gallery, 1977
no. 85

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 33

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 24

Inscriptions

Inscription: Mehamet aqa S[...] / Jadir //

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