Two ladies adorning a statue
Maker
(artist)
1780-1860
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
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
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).
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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