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Portrait of Henry, 2nd Duke of Cleveland, seated on his horse

Maker

(artist)
1795-1880

(artist)
1792-1827

Title

Portrait of Henry, 2nd Duke of Cleveland, seated on his horse

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

graphite, watercolour with added gum arabic and bodycolour on card

Dimensions

Height: 22 cm
Width: 17.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3188

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

Sotheby's (London), 16 December 1942, lot 65; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 17 December 1942, for £3.10; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, American Federation of the Arts, Washington, D.C. and nine cities in the USA, 1951

Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950

Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 17

Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 20

Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 21

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: upper right, graphite, Witt number: "Dighton / 3188".

Collector's mark: none.

Label: Detached from old mount, now kept in portfolio in P&D, graphite: "Exhib. Arts Council 1948/9 /" by British Council in Canada 1949/50 /" " American Federation of Arts, Washington, in 9 cities in the USA. 1951"; "Richard Dighton 1795-1880 / Harry, 2nd Duke of Cleveland, of Raby Castle / on 'Napoleon' / ? 1845 / 3/8".

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