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Portrait of an elderly woman

Maker

(artist)
1752-1812

Title

Portrait of an elderly woman

Date of Production

1752 - 1812

Medium

pastel on wove paper, laid down on canvas, which is now adhered to the mount so verso is not visible

Dimensions

Height: 35 cm
Width: 27.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3103

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

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Provenance

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

Exhibition History

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 47

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as drawing is laid down; none evident in raking light.

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

Inscription: Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left, graphite: “Exh. V&A 1943”; lower right, graphite: “John Raphael Smith / 1740-1812”.

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