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Group of five Chinese men

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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.

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