Portrait of a lady in a landscape
Maker
(artist)
1769-1821
1769-1821
Title
Portrait of a lady in a landscape
Date of Production
1784 - 1821
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash and a touch of red watercolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 34.6 cm
Width: 22.9 cm
Width: 22.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3094
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
Wheeler (London); purchased there by Colnaghi (London), 12 July 1943; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 21 August 1943, for 140 shillings; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 17
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 22
p. 17
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 22
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower centre edge, graphite: "Edridge"; lower right corner, graphite: "5". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left, graphite: "Exhib Arts Council 1948/9"; lower right, graphite: "Henry Edridge / 1769-1821".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower centre edge, graphite: "Edridge"; lower right corner, graphite: "5". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left, graphite: "Exhib Arts Council 1948/9"; lower right, graphite: "Henry Edridge / 1769-1821".
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