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Portrait head of an elderly man

Maker

(artist)
1752-1787

Title

Portrait head of an elderly man

Medium

graphite with stumping on laid paper (face seems very flat - possibly an offset?)

Dimensions

Height: 49.1 cm
Width: 34.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3358

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

Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£6); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 7

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: crowned fleur-de-lis in a shield above "GR".

Inscription: Verso: lower right edge, graphite: "Cream".

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

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