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Man standing, viewed from behind, and a male head in profile (recto)

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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).

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