Portrait head of Catherine Hyde, Duchess of Queensberry (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1675-1739
1675-1739
Title
Portrait head of Catherine Hyde, Duchess of Queensberry (recto)
Date of Production
(circa) 1725 - 1730
Medium
coloured chalks, some moistened with a brush to form a wash, on brown-prepared brown laid paper (recto), black and white chalk on brown laid paper (verso)
Dimensions
Height: 36.9 cm
Width: 31 cm
Width: 31 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3276
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
Dr Carl Robert Rudolf, London (1884-1974); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 20 April 1943; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 3 May 1943 (£25, as 'English School, c. 1720'); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Literature
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 42
pl. III
no. 42
pl. III
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none visible.
Inscription: Verso: lower right, red chalk, faded and difficult to read: "C[...]o[...]t".
Inscription: inscription : stamping & ink : lower left & verso : collector's mark of Robert Witt : RM/W
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped twice in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower right, red chalk, faded and difficult to read: "C[...]o[...]t".
Inscription: inscription : stamping & ink : lower left & verso : collector's mark of Robert Witt : RM/W
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped twice in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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