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Bust portrait of a man

Maker

(artist)
1741-1825

Title

Bust portrait of a man

Date of Production

1754 - 1825

Medium

graphite, black and red chalk, grey wash and touches of watercolour on wove paper; the edges stained and abraded by removal of a former border (examined under microscope)

Dimensions

Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 19.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3345

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

Leonard G. Duke, London (1890-1971); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 22 October 1943; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 23 October 1943 (£4); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 16

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite: "Dance"; lower right, graphite, Witt number: "3345".

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