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Study for 'Death of Demosthenes'

Maker

Thomas Alphonse Hayley (artist)
1780-1800

Title

Study for 'Death of Demosthenes'

Date of Production

1795 - 1800

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 15.6 cm
Width: 18.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3298

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

Dr John Percy, London (1817-1889), L.1504 (lower right); his sale, Christie's (London), 15 - 24 April 1890, lot 602; purchased there by Sir John Charles Robinson, London (1824-1913); Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 25

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite, erased: "by T. Hayley". Verso: upper right, graphite: "32551"; lower centre, graphite: "Thomas Alphonso / T.A Hayley / 1780 - 1800 / Is this the Drawing Death of Demosthenes / Engraved by W Blake for / Hayley's Essays on Sculpture / Coll. Percy".

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right, stamped in black: John Percy (L.1504).

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