Study for Captive Andromache
Maker
(artist)
1830-1896
1830-1896
Title
Study for Captive Andromache
Date of Production
(circa) 1887
Medium
black and white chalk on heavy brown wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 35.5 cm
Width: 23.2 cm
Width: 23.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3302
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 (as per WItt's index card); purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower left), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 32
p. 32
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite, circled: "C71"; lower centre, graphite: "Lord Leighton / Study for Captive Andromache / #7". Mount (removed, now missing, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Lord Leighton PRA / 1830-1896 / Study for Captive Andromache".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite, circled: "C71"; lower centre, graphite: "Lord Leighton / Study for Captive Andromache / #7". Mount (removed, now missing, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Lord Leighton PRA / 1830-1896 / Study for Captive Andromache".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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