Two ladies adorning a statue

Maker

(artist)
1780-1860

Title

Two ladies adorning a statue

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

graphite, watercolour and bodycolour on paper, laid down on a historic support.

Dimensions

Height: 45 cm
Width: 32.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3327

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

Charles Robert Leslie, London (1794-1859); Dr Carl Robert Rudolf, London (1884-1974); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 3 July 1942; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 22 September 1943 (£17); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 9

Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 10

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to see on drawing as is laid down (possible watermark at upper left quadrant). Support (historic), Verso: upper centre edge: "J WHATMAN".

Inscription: Support (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite, Colnaghi number and price: "A 1468 £95 / CL/-/-"; upper centre, graphite: "S Hogarths Sketching Society / A E Chalon / Collection C.R. Leslie"; lower left corner, brown ink: "Collection of / C.R. Leslie".

Label: 'Exhib. Arts Council 1948/9' 'Alfred Edward Chalon//1781-1860//Drawn for Hogarth's Sketching Society//Coll. C.R. Leslie'

Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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