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Portrait head of Catherine Hyde, Duchess of Queensberry (recto)

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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

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).

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