Two children reading
Maker
(artist)
1768-1847
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
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
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).
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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