Studies of Spanish figures - a. male dancer, b. male water-carrier, c. young woman playing castanets
Maker
(artist)
1805-1876
1805-1876
Title
Studies of Spanish figures - a. male dancer, b. male water-carrier, c. young woman playing castanets
Date of Production
1832 - 1834
Medium
graphite, black, red and white chalk, watercolour and bodycolour on brown-tinted wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 24.9 cm
Width: 33.7 cm
Width: 33.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3262
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
Water carriers
Provenance
Puttick & Simpson (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
British Artists in Mediterranean Lands, Lake District Festival, Kendal, 07/07/1960-23/07/1960
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 33
p. 33
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right, graphite: "white"; right of centre (below hands of figure on right), graphite: "b / A A"; lower right (within the drawing), brown ink: "Agua!". Verso: lower left corner, graphite: "3392b".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right, graphite: "white"; right of centre (below hands of figure on right), graphite: "b / A A"; lower right (within the drawing), brown ink: "Agua!". Verso: lower left corner, graphite: "3392b".
Collector's mark: none.
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