Group of five Chinese men
Maker
(artist)
1774-1852
1774-1852
Title
Group of five Chinese men
Date of Production
(?) 1826
Medium
graphite, watercolour and white bodycolour on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 13.3 cm
Width: 11.7 cm
Width: 11.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3320
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
Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 10
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 4
p. 10
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 4
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right edge, graphite, abraded and hard to see: artist’s shorthand and "1826" [?]. Verso: upper right, graphite: "17 18 1/2 ven / JA. Ch 10"; lower centre, red crayon: "7".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right edge, graphite, abraded and hard to see: artist’s shorthand and "1826" [?]. Verso: upper right, graphite: "17 18 1/2 ven / JA. Ch 10"; lower centre, red crayon: "7".
Collector's mark: none.
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