Caricature - 'Have you got such a thing as a Sovereign about you?'
Maker
(artist)
1792-1878
1792-1878
Title
Caricature - 'Have you got such a thing as a Sovereign about you?'
Date of Production
(3 June) 1832
Medium
graphite and watercolour on wove paper laid down on a grey support
Dimensions
Height: 23.6 cm
Width: 17.9 cm
Width: 17.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3203
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
E. Kersley, London (active 1930-1960); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 22 December 1942; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower left), 7 January 1943; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 15
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 6
p. 15
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 6
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper edge, brown ink, artist’s hand: "Have you got such a thing as a Sovereign about you?_"; lower centre edge, brown ink, signed and dated, last 3 letters of first name in monogram: "George. Cruikshank / June 3rd. 1832_".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper edge, brown ink, artist’s hand: "Have you got such a thing as a Sovereign about you?_"; lower centre edge, brown ink, signed and dated, last 3 letters of first name in monogram: "George. Cruikshank / June 3rd. 1832_".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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