Portrait of two seated men in Middle Eastern dress
Maker
(artist)
1800-1899
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1805-1876
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
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
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
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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