Lioness prowling (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1724-1806
1724-1806
Title
Lioness prowling (recto)
Date of Production
1724 - 1806
Medium
red and black chalk (recto and verso) on laid paper; a strong vertical fold at centre from being formerly folded in half
Dimensions
Height: 21 cm
Width: 30 cm
Width: 30 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3301
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), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
unnumbered typescript - title was possibly 'A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections [as exhibited in 1964 at University of Sussex, Falmer]', Nottingham University, 1966
A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections, University of Sussex, Falmer, 1964
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960 ...More
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, American Federation of the Arts, Washington, D.C. and nine cities in the USA, 1951
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948 ...Less
A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections, University of Sussex, Falmer, 1964
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960 ...More
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, American Federation of the Arts, Washington, D.C. and nine cities in the USA, 1951
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948 ...Less
Literature
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 16
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 49
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 53 ...More
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 76 ...Less
cat. no. 16
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 49
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 53 ...More
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 76 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: small lion rampant (no match found in Heawood).
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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