Design for a presentation goblet
Maker
(artist)
1755-1834
1755-1834
Title
Design for a presentation goblet
Date of Production
1 December 1820
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, brown and grey wash on paper, laid down on a historic card support with the lower left edge of the drawing made up on the support
Dimensions
Height: 54.2 cm
Width: 37.7 cm
Width: 37.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3148
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
Puttick & Simpson (London), 26 January 1939, lot 45; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 27 October 1942 (£3); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 49
p. 49
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down.
Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, brown ink, underlined: “No. 1.”; lower centre edge, grey ink, artist’s hand: “bas-relief on the Frieze of the base. / describing the Presentation.”; lower right corner, grey ink, artist’s hand: “Plan of the Pedestal / of the Base.” and below that, a small drawing of three interlocked flaming rings accompanied by “1st Dec / -1820.-”. Card support (historic), Verso: lower right corner, graphite: “#5”.
Collector's mark: Card support (historic), Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, brown ink, underlined: “No. 1.”; lower centre edge, grey ink, artist’s hand: “bas-relief on the Frieze of the base. / describing the Presentation.”; lower right corner, grey ink, artist’s hand: “Plan of the Pedestal / of the Base.” and below that, a small drawing of three interlocked flaming rings accompanied by “1st Dec / -1820.-”. Card support (historic), Verso: lower right corner, graphite: “#5”.
Collector's mark: Card support (historic), Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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