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Portrait of Miss Olivia de Roos

Maker

(artist)
1792-1871

Title

Portrait of Miss Olivia de Roos

Date of Production

1825

Medium

black chalk with stumping, white and red chalk, touch of blue chalk (in the eyes), graphite, on blue wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 25.7 cm
Width: 22.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3137

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. Bernard (London); purchased there by Colnaghi (London), 17 October 1941; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 27 October 1941, for £3; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 26

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink, titled and dated: "hon Miss Olivia De Roos / 1825.". Verso: lower left, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A11267". Mount (removed, now cut down and in object file): graphite: "Miss Olivia de Roos / by Sir George Hayter / 3137".

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

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