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Portrait of a man, seated

Maker

(artist)
1712-1758

Title

Portrait of a man, seated

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 17 cm
Width: 11.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3362

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




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Study of Molly Doyle with a Tankard Study of a seated woman with a tankard Study of headdresses in Covent Garden Head of a child

Provenance

John Bowles (1702?-1779) (owned as part of an album); by descent to his daughter, Margaret Bowles; by descent to her son-in-law, Ponsonby Shaw (1784-1871); Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Leonard Duke (1889-1971) by 1940 (album broken up); purchased back from him by Colnaghi (London), 10 November 1943 (with nine other figure sketches by Boitard); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 29 November 1943 (£4, for all ten sketches); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: None in the drawing's paper. Support (removed, now in file), Recto: left centre edge, fragment: top of a crowned shield.

Inscription: Support (removed, now in file), Recto: upper centre, brown ink: "25".

Collector's mark: Support (removed, now in file), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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