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Head of a young woman tilted to the left

Maker

William Denholm Kennedy (artist)
1813-1865

Title

Head of a young woman tilted to the left

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

black, red and white chalk on brown wove paper, an extra strip of the same brown paper added at the upper edge

Dimensions

Height: 20.4 cm
Height: 16.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3077

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

Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 29

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, signed: "W.D. Kennedy.". Verso: upper right, graphite: "226/17"; upper right, graphite, Witt number: "3077"; centre, graphite: "William Denholm Kennedy / 1813 - 1865 / (see TB.) / a friend of Etty"; lower right of centre, graphite, lightly written: "exp [?]"; lower right corner, graphite: "#8".

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

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