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Green and red parrot

Maker

(artist)
1710-1792

Title

Green and red parrot

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

graphite, watercolour, in places mixed with some oil, bodycolour on laid paper, with graphite framing lines, incised for transfer

Dimensions

Height: 17.4 cm
Width: 14.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.312

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

F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£1); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

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

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: upper left edge, graphite, obscured by handling edges: 25 [?]; lower right corner, graphite, Witt number, obscured by L.2228b: 312.

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

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