Portrait head of an elderly man
Maker
(artist)
1752-1787
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
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
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).
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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