Head of a child
Maker
(artist)
1769-1859
1769-1859
Title
Head of a child
Medium
black and white chalk on brown-prepared paper, laid down on artist's mount with white bodycolour, graphite and grey ink borders
Dimensions
Height: 17.7 cm
Width: 14.7 cm
Width: 14.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3253
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
Grundy & Robinson (London), June 1907; Leggatt Bros (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Pictures and sketches by James Ward, Grundy & Robinson, London, 1907
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 54
p. 54
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as laid down on mount; none evident in raking light.
Inscription: JW. RA.
Inscription: #6
Inscription: 4
Inscription: Study from Nature
Inscription: fixed
Inscription: F35
Inscription: 10 x 8.3/4
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: James Ward. R.A. 3253 / 1769-1859 / Signed I.W. R.A. / Study from Nature / Exhib. James Ward Exhib. 1907 / T.O. //
Inscription: JW. RA.
Inscription: #6
Inscription: 4
Inscription: Study from Nature
Inscription: fixed
Inscription: F35
Inscription: 10 x 8.3/4
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: James Ward. R.A. 3253 / 1769-1859 / Signed I.W. R.A. / Study from Nature / Exhib. James Ward Exhib. 1907 / T.O. //
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