Portrait of Miss Sally Siddons (1775-1803)
Maker
(artist)
1769-1830
1769-1830
Title
Portrait of Miss Sally Siddons (1775-1803)
Date of Production
(circa) 1798
Medium
black, red and white chalk on paper (now browned), laid down on a historic mount board
Dimensions
Height: 22.9 cm
Width: 18.4 cm
Width: 18.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3261
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
the drawing's engraver, Frederick Christian Lewis, London (1779-1856); by descent to his son, Charles George Lewis (1808-1880); his sale (as inscribed on mount); Leggatt Bros (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (mount, lower left), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
200th Winter Exhibition, Royal British Academy, Suffolk Street, London, 1943-44
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 31
p. 31
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down on board.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower right edge, graphite: "Sir Thos. Lawrence P.R.A.". Mount (historic), Verso: centre, graphite: "NY / 18 x 15 / 994"; centre, graphite: "5755". Mount (removed, cut down and glued to current mount), pen and ink (black): "MISS SIDDONS / [Daughter of MRS SIDDONS, the Actress] / Original Drawing sketched from life by / 1769] SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P.R.A. [1830. / This drawing was Engraved by F.C. Lewis & was purchased at the sale of effects of his son, C.G. Lewis, / to whom it was bequeathed by his father". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left, graphite: "Exhibited. R.B.A Suffolk Street. 1943-4"; lower right, graphite: "Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. / 1769-1830 / Portrait of Miss Sally Siddons / (daughter of Mrs Siddons, the actress) / Engraved by F C Lewis".
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower right edge, graphite: "Sir Thos. Lawrence P.R.A.". Mount (historic), Verso: centre, graphite: "NY / 18 x 15 / 994"; centre, graphite: "5755". Mount (removed, cut down and glued to current mount), pen and ink (black): "MISS SIDDONS / [Daughter of MRS SIDDONS, the Actress] / Original Drawing sketched from life by / 1769] SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P.R.A. [1830. / This drawing was Engraved by F.C. Lewis & was purchased at the sale of effects of his son, C.G. Lewis, / to whom it was bequeathed by his father". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left, graphite: "Exhibited. R.B.A Suffolk Street. 1943-4"; lower right, graphite: "Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. / 1769-1830 / Portrait of Miss Sally Siddons / (daughter of Mrs Siddons, the actress) / Engraved by F C Lewis".
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