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Caricature of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland retiring to his bed

Maker

(artist)
1811-1863

Title

Caricature of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland retiring to his bed

Date of Production

(after) 1849

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 17 cm
Width: 18.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3284

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

Nicholson (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower left), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

catalogue untraced, Churchill Club, London, 1945

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 50

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre edge: "1849".

Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: “The gentleman of the / Bedchamber / to the Lord Lieutenant / of Ireland / by Thackeray”; lower centre, graphite: “The hon Gerald Ponsonby, gentleman of the / Bedchamber + Earl Clarendon Ld Lieut of Ireland”; lower right corner, graphite: “#4”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left, graphite: “Exh Churchill Club 1945”; lower right, graphite: “William Makepeace Thackeray / 1811-1863 / The Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the Lord Lieut. of Ireland / Hon William Ponsonby + Lord Clarendon / self-portrait of Thackeray in background”.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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