Portrait of a lady - "Molly's mama"
Maker
(artist)
1787-1819
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
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
Keywords
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
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).
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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