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Portrait of a seated cardinal

Maker

(artist)
1805-1876

Title

Portrait of a seated cardinal

Date of Production

1838 - 1839

Medium

black, red and white chalk, watercolour and bodycolour on heavy buff wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 37.2 cm
Width: 26.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3195

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

A. Berthel, Surrey; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 11 November 1942; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower left), 7 January 1943 (£11); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

J.F. Lewis R.A. (1805-1876) - Painter of the Desert and Harem, Guildford, 1977

Literature

J.F. Lewis, R.A. (1805-1876): painter of the desert and harem, Guildford House Gallery, 1977
no. 63

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 33

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: none.

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

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