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House in Little Queen St, Holborn (recto)
Sketch of a figure (verso)

Maker

(artist)
1793-1873

Title

House in Little Queen St, Holborn (recto)
Sketch of a figure (verso)

Date of Production

1828

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour (recto), graphite (verso) on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 12.8 cm
Width: 14.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3205

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. Wyatt (?); purchased from him or her by Colnaghi (London), 22 November 1937; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 7 January 1943, for £3; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 37

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink, located, signed with initials and dated: "little Queen St Holborn E.TP 1828.".

Collector's mark: Verso: twice at lower left corner (once over remnant of adhesive), stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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