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Figure studies of a nude woman embracing and women's heads

Maker

(artist)
1787-1849

Title

Figure studies of a nude woman embracing and women's heads

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

black chalk with stumping on brown paper laid down on cardboard support in a Witt mount

Dimensions

Height: 55.8 cm
Width: 39.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3069

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 (£5); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Etty and the Nude, Rye Art Gallery, 01/06/1974-13/07/1974

Literature

Etty and the Nude, Rye Art Gallery, 1974
cat. no. 6

Farr, Dennis, William Etty, London 1958
no. 317

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 18

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down.

Inscription: Witt mount, Recto of front cover: lower right corner, graphite: “William Etty / 1787-1849”. Witt mount, Verso of front cover: lower left corner, graphite: “#3”. Support, Verso (only partially visible as upper half is secured to the Witt mount): lower left, graphite, Witt number: “3069”; lower left corner, graphite: “5”; lower right corner, graphite: “#3”.

Collector's mark: Support, Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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