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Two children reading

Maker

(artist)
1768-1847

Title

Two children reading

Date of Production

1816

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink and watercolour on buff (now brown) wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 23.8 cm
Width: 24.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3112

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

D.R. Nott; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 13 November 1941; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 7 February 1943, for £5; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Joshua Cristall, 1768-1847, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1975 (Feb.-Apr.)

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 14

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, signed and dated: "J. Cristall. 1816"; lower right, brown ink, located in artist’s hand: "at Hurley Berks.". Verso: lower right corner, graphite: "10/1".

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

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