Portrait head of Rachel Felix, French actress
Maker
(artist)
1787-1849
1787-1849
Title
Portrait head of Rachel Felix, French actress
Date of Production
(circa) 1841 - 1842
Medium
coloured chalks with stumping on purplish-brown paper, laid down on a cardboard support and in a Witt mount
Dimensions
Height: 55.9 cm
Width: 39.5 cm
Width: 39.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3067
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
Walker's Galleries (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, probably around July 1943 (£9); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 18
p. 18
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down.
Collector's mark: Support, Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, graphite, artist’s hand?: “Rachel the French Tragedian”. Support, Recto: lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “3067”. Witt Mount, Recto of front cover: lower margin, graphite, Witt’s hand: “D.1952.RW.3067 Rachel Felix. On her first or second visit to London, 1841 or 1842, when she was 21 + in London playing Racine’s Phedre” and “William Etty / 1787-1849 / Portrait of Rachel (Tragedian) / (1820-1858)”. Witt Mount, Verso of front cover: lower right corner, graphite: “#5”.
Collector's mark: Support, Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, graphite, artist’s hand?: “Rachel the French Tragedian”. Support, Recto: lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “3067”. Witt Mount, Recto of front cover: lower margin, graphite, Witt’s hand: “D.1952.RW.3067 Rachel Felix. On her first or second visit to London, 1841 or 1842, when she was 21 + in London playing Racine’s Phedre” and “William Etty / 1787-1849 / Portrait of Rachel (Tragedian) / (1820-1858)”. Witt Mount, Verso of front cover: lower right corner, graphite: “#5”.
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