Three-quarter length portrait of Sir Philip Stapleton, in armour
Maker
(artist)
1680-1720
1680-1720
Title
Three-quarter length portrait of Sir Philip Stapleton, in armour
Date of Production
1680 - 1728
Medium
graphite, pen and black ink, black wash on laid paper, given a paper border with brown and red ink framing lines, all laid down on a paper support
Dimensions
Height: 30.5 cm
Width: 25 cm
Width: 25 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3177
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
Wanstead Collection; Howard (Covent Garden); Dr Carl Robert Rudolf, London (1884-1974); acquired from him, in exchange, by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 7
p. 7
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, lower centre, only visible in raking light due to dark wash: Strasburg lily.
Inscription: Paper support (historic), Recto: on separately attached strip of paper, lower centre, brown ink: "Sir Philip Stapleton Knt."; lower right corner, graphite numbers erased or crossed out and now illegible except for “10 x […]”.
Label: Historic label, glued to new mount: brown ink, in two hands: "By Bullfinch / From a Painting / in Mr Howards Hands / in Covent Garden / From the Wanstead Collection / £5.50 / also Galstons".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Paper support (historic), Recto: on separately attached strip of paper, lower centre, brown ink: "Sir Philip Stapleton Knt."; lower right corner, graphite numbers erased or crossed out and now illegible except for “10 x […]”.
Label: Historic label, glued to new mount: brown ink, in two hands: "By Bullfinch / From a Painting / in Mr Howards Hands / in Covent Garden / From the Wanstead Collection / £5.50 / also Galstons".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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