Design for a candelabrum
Maker
(artist)
1755-1834
1755-1834
Title
Design for a candelabrum
Date of Production
(circa?) 1821
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink and brown wash on wove paper, with pinholes at the corners
Dimensions
Height: 54.9 cm
Width: 37.9 cm
Width: 37.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3326
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
Puttick & Simpson (London), 26 January 1939, lot 45; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 22 September 1943 (£3); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 49
p. 49
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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