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Caricature - 'Have you got such a thing as a Sovereign about you?'

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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).

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