Man standing, viewed from behind, and a male head in profile (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1734-1802
1734-1802
Title
Man standing, viewed from behind, and a male head in profile (recto)
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
pen and brown ink with white chalk offset on laid paper, laid down; ink drawings of heads on the verso are hidden under the backing sheet
Dimensions
Height: 17.2 cm
Width: 13.4 cm
Width: 13.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3106
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
M. Spiro (?); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 3 April 1940, as 'Full-length study of George III'; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 3 April 1940, for £5; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 41
Illustrated London News, April 12 1940
p. 41
Illustrated London News, April 12 1940
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: possibly at centre but obscured by backing sheet.
Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, graphite, erased: "G. Romney".
Collector's mark: Support (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, graphite, erased: "G. Romney".
Collector's mark: Support (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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