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Head of a girl

Maker

(artist)
1817-1884

Title

Head of a girl

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

black, red and white chalk, the black chalk wet with a brush to create a wash in the hair, with pen and red ink and red wash, and traces of white bodycolour, on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 51.4 cm
Width: 35.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3288

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, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 31

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, graphite: "Samuel Lawrence [sic]".

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

Label: Verso: upper left corner: remnant of a small blue sticker, no longer identifiable.

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