Head of a girl
Maker
(artist)
1817-1884
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
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
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.
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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