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Horse galloping

Maker

(artist)
1733-1807

Title

Horse galloping

Date of Production

1805

Medium

graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 18.7 cm
Width: 23 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3346

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), L.2228b, 23 October 1943 (£4); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 23

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, upper centre, fragment: lower half of a posthorn in a shield above a filigree "W" (matches Heawood 2755 - no date but similar versions dated 1788 and 1811).

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

Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, first line monogram, signed and dated: "HEWW [?] / F. Gilpin 1805". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file), LG Duke's hand:"D301/ Sawrey Gilpin R.A. 1733-1807. / Signed and dated 1805. / LGD." and in graphite, erroneous Witt number "3343".

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