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Portrait of William Hayley (1745-1820)

Maker

(artist)
1734-1802

Title

Portrait of William Hayley (1745-1820)

Date of Production

(circa) 1778

Medium

traces of graphite, watercolour and gum arabic on laid paper, laid down on card and cut into an oval

Dimensions

Height: 16.4 cm
Width: 12.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3248

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

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Provenance

acquired from the artist by Anna Seward, Lichfield (1742-1809); bequeathed by her to Archibald Constable (1774-1827), 26 April 1809; Leggatt Bros (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£18); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 41

Alex Kidson, George Romney: A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings (Yale University Press: New Haven & London, 2015)
p. 846
Appendix I

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down on card, none visible in raking light.

Inscription: Separate sheet of paper (a former support?), now in object file: brown ink: "The Portrait of / William Hayley Esqr / by / Romney / was done on purpose for Miss Seward and / was presented to me 26 April. 1809 by / Thomas White Esqr. of Lichfield. / Archibald Constable". Backboard of frame (removed and in object file): brown ink, the last numbers in graphite: "This / Portrait of / William Hayley Esqr. / by / Romney- / was done on purpose for / Miss Seward, and was / presented to me 26 April / 1809. by Thomas White Esqr / of Lichfield / Archibald Constable / 66".

Collector's mark: Removed from lower verso (backing sheet) and glued to current support: stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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