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Recumbent female nude

Maker

(artist)
1787-1849

Title

Recumbent female nude

Date of Production

(circa) 1840

Medium

black, red and white chalk with stumping on light brown paper, laid down on a cardboard support which has notches cut around the edges, in a Witt mount

Dimensions

Height: 38.8 cm
Width: 56.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3224

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

Walker’s Galleries (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), probably around July 1943 (£10); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Etty and the Nude, Rye Art Gallery, 01/06/1974-13/07/1974

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 18

Farr, Dennis, William Etty, London 1958
no. 320

Etty and the Nude, Rye Art Gallery, 1974
cat. no. 4
ill.

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down.

Inscription: Witt Mount, Recto of front cover: lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “D.1952.RW.3224”; lower right corner, graphite: “30” and “William Etty. R.A. / 1787-1849”. Support, Recto: lower right corner, graphite: “#13” and “#2” [struck through in graphite]. Support, Verso: upper right, blue crayon, circled: “32”.

Collector's mark: none.

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