Full-length portrait of a lady
Maker
(artist)
1765-1834
1765-1834
Title
Full-length portrait of a lady
Date of Production
1807
Medium
black and white chalk, grey wash and watercolour on card with a feigned mount of grey ink and wash borders
Dimensions
Height: 35 cm
Width: 24.7 cm
Width: 24.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3189
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, Sotheby's (London), 16 December 1942, lot 51; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£6.10); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 14
p. 14
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Verso, lower right corner: "E & P / 1804" (see Heawood 3061 and 3062, both on drawings from London, 1800).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, grey ink, signed and dated: "W.M. CRAIG .1807".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, grey ink, signed and dated: "W.M. CRAIG .1807".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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