Caricature of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland retiring to his bed
Maker
(artist)
1811-1863
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
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
Keywords
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
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).
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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