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Boss from chapter house of Hayles Abbey (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1886-1974

Title

Boss from chapter house of Hayles Abbey (recto)

Date of Production

(20 March) 1932

Medium

graphite, pen and black ink, black wash, bodycolour (recto), black chalk offset (verso) on laid paper with a jagged right edge

Dimensions

Height: 47.2 cm
Width: 32 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3194

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

© Trustees of the Corsham Estate

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords



Provenance

given by the artist to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (lower left), Christmas 1942; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Architectural Drawings Workshop, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 02/08/2013-03/08/2013

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 34

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, lower left corner: "INGRES".

Inscription: Recto: upper right, graphite: "Fry is still here and / Sir James Forster giving it / up next - 19 April to / Mrs Andrews."; lower left of centre, graphite, signed: "Methuen"; lower right of centre, graphite, described: "Hayles Abbey"; lower left, black ink, described: "Hayles Abbey / XIII Century Boss from Chapter House / Sampson rending the Lion's jaws"; lower right, black ink, dated: "20 March 1932". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Lord Methuen / 14th Cent Boss from / Chapter House of Hayles Abbey / Samson slaying the Lion / Signed".

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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