Female nude and a swan
Maker
(artist)
1787-1849
1787-1849
Title
Female nude and a swan
Date of Production
(circa) 1840
Medium
black, red and white chalk on paper laid down on a cardboard support with notches cut around the edges, in a Witt mount
Dimensions
Height: 60.2 cm
Width: 44.5 cm
Width: 44.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3226
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), L.2228b, probably around July 1943 (£10); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Etty and the Nude, Rye Art Gallery, 01/06/1974-13/07/1974
Winter exhibition, Suffolk Street, 1943-44
Winter exhibition, Suffolk Street, 1943-44
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 18
Farr, Dennis, William Etty, London 1958
no. 322
Etty and the Nude, Rye Art Gallery, 1974
cat. no. 19
ill.
p. 18
Farr, Dennis, William Etty, London 1958
no. 322
Etty and the Nude, Rye Art Gallery, 1974
cat. no. 19
ill.
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down.
Collector's mark: Support, Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Witt Mount, Recto of front cover: lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “D.1952.RW.3226” and “Exh. R.B.A. Suffolk St. 1943-4”; lower right corner, graphite: “William Etty / 1787-1849”. Witt Mount, Verso of front cover: upper right corner, graphite: “# #3”.
Collector's mark: Support, Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Witt Mount, Recto of front cover: lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “D.1952.RW.3226” and “Exh. R.B.A. Suffolk St. 1943-4”; lower right corner, graphite: “William Etty / 1787-1849”. Witt Mount, Verso of front cover: upper right corner, graphite: “# #3”.
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