Early study for political cartoon of 'The Cockney Petition' - central throne with a leg appearing from either side, scatttering figures on right and left
Maker
(artist)
1757-1815
1757-1815
Title
Early study for political cartoon of 'The Cockney Petition' - central throne with a leg appearing from either side, scatttering figures on right and left
Date of Production
1807 - 1808
Medium
red chalk and grey-brown wash on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 23.6 cm
Width: 33.3 cm
Width: 33.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3336
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
Dr Carl Robert Rudolf, London (1884-1974); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 14 October 1943; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 19 October 1943, for £6; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Cartoonists of the British School, East Kent and Folkestone Arts Centre, Folkestone, UK, 16/03/1968-20/04/1968
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 23
p. 23
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper left, grey-brown wash: 3 illegible words; lower left corner, red chalk: 2 lines of illegible writing; lower right, grey-brown wash, signed: "J.Gillray".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper left, grey-brown wash: 3 illegible words; lower left corner, red chalk: 2 lines of illegible writing; lower right, grey-brown wash, signed: "J.Gillray".
Collector's mark: none.
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