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Study of a female nude

Maker

(artist)
1787-1849

Title

Study of a female nude

Date of Production

(circa) 1840

Medium

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

Dimensions

Height: 44.5 cm
Width: 33.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3071

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 (£3); 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. 3

Farr, Dennis, William Etty, London 1958
no. 319

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.

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

Inscription: Support, Recto: lower right corner, graphite, Witt number: “3071”. Witt Mount, Recto of front cover: lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “D.1952.RW.3071”; lower right corner, graphite: “William Etty / 1787-1849”. Witt Mount, Verso of front cover: lower right corner, graphite: “#2”.

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