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Full-length portrait of a lady

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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

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).

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