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Portrait of a lady - the artist's mother (?)

Maker

(artist)
1787-1819

Title

Portrait of a lady - the artist's mother (?)

Date of Production

1800 - 1819

Medium

black and red chalk, touches of blue and red watercolour on card, cut into an oval

Dimensions

Height: 12 cm
Width: 9.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3155.1

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

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Provenance

Sir John Murray Scott, London (1847-1912) (according to mount inscription); given (by whom?) to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Wembley, 1924

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 25

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: "Original / Study / Portrait of the / Artists Moth[rest abraded] / S. Harlowe"; lower left, graphite: "H/"; lower right, graphite: "#1". Mount (removed, see photo): lower left, graphite: "Exh. Wembley 1924"; lower right, graphite: "George Henry Harlow / 1787-1819 / above: Portrait of his mother / below: Mollie's mama / Coll: Murray Scott".

Collector's mark: none.

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