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Man and woman at a millinery stall

Maker

(artist)
1757-1827

Title

Man and woman at a millinery stall

Date of Production

1757 - 1827

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour on laid paper, laid down on a historic support

Dimensions

Height: 19.8 cm
Width: 13.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3157

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

anonymous sale ('Property of a Gentleman'), Sotheby's (London), 21 October 1942, lot 26; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 43

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: none in the drawing sheet. Support (historic): composed of two sheets of laid paper, the upper sheet Recto, right edge: "J WHATMAN"; the lower sheet, Recto, right edge: upper half of a Strasburg lily.

Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower right margin, graphite: "13"; lower right corner, graphite, erased: "5/". Support (historic), Verso: upper right corner, brown ink, crossed out: "No 70". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Thomas Rowlandson / 1756-1827 / The Milliner".

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

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