Man and woman at a millinery stall
Maker
(artist)
1757-1827
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
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
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).
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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