Punch's puppet shew
Maker
(artist)
1756-1811
1756-1811
Title
Punch's puppet shew
Date of Production
1795
Medium
graphite, red chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolour and bodycolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 18.3 cm
Width: 23.1 cm
Width: 23.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3249
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
Leggatt Bros (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower right), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, American Federation of the Arts, Washington, D.C. and nine cities in the USA, 1951
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 15
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 18
p. 15
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 18
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper right, brown ink: "Punche's Puppet Show / I. Cruikshanks"; centre, graphite: "16 x 13 ¾"; lower right, graphite: "#3".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: upper right, brown ink: "Punche's Puppet Show / I. Cruikshanks"; centre, graphite: "16 x 13 ¾"; lower right, graphite: "#3".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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