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Portrait of a lady - "Molly's mama"

Maker

(artist)
1787-1819

Title

Portrait of a lady - "Molly's mama"

Date of Production

(22 June) 1817

Medium

black and red chalk on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 19.6 cm
Width: 18.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3155.2

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 (1847-1912); Sotheby's (London), 30 November 1932, lot 25; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£12); 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: Recto, left of centre: "BASTED MILL / 1816".

Inscription: On piece of paper possibly cut from original sheet, adhered to support, Recto: lower left, graphite: "Molly's Mama"; lower right, graphite, signed and dated: "G.H.H / June 22 / 1817". 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: Support (historic), Recto: lower right corner, stamped: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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