Man reading poetry to an audience
Maker
(artist)
1778-1854
1778-1854
Title
Man reading poetry to an audience
Date of Production
1800 - 1899
Medium
graphite and brown wash on wove paper, laid down on a paper support
Dimensions
Height: 32.4 cm
Width: 45 cm
Width: 45 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.322
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
Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Deux artistes genevois en Angleterre: Alfred-Édouard Chalon (1781-1860) et Jean-Jacques dit John Chalon (1778-1854), Musée Rath, Geneva, 23/04/1971-28/05/1971
Caricatures et Moeurs Anglaises, Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris and Bordeaux, 1938
English Caricature, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1931-32
Caricatures et Moeurs Anglaises, Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris and Bordeaux, 1938
English Caricature, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1931-32
Literature
Deux artistes genevois en Angleterre: Alfred-Édouard Chalon (1781-1860) et Jean-Jacques dit John Chalon (1778-1854), Musée Rath, Geneva, 1971
no. 83
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 9
no. 83
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 9
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Label: stamp 'Douanes Exposition Paris' upper left; 'Chalon 322' upper right/'200'; '77' in blue pencil/'Sir Robert' lower right
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, brown wash: “J.J. Chalon”; lower centre, brown wash: “A Poet reciting his own composition”; lower right, graphite, Witt number written above other graphite inscriptions now erased: “322”.
Label: stamp 'Douanes Exposition Paris' upper left; 'Chalon 322' upper right/'200'; '77' in blue pencil/'Sir Robert' lower right
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, brown wash: “J.J. Chalon”; lower centre, brown wash: “A Poet reciting his own composition”; lower right, graphite, Witt number written above other graphite inscriptions now erased: “322”.
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