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Boss from chapter house of Hayles Abbey (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1886-1974
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
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
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).
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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