Portrait of a young lady - Miss Turing
Maker
(artist)
1741-1811
1741-1811
Title
Portrait of a young lady - Miss Turing
Date of Production
(after) 1794
Medium
graphite with stumping on wove paper, framed in an oval with graphite and grey ink, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 20.1 cm
Width: 16.5 cm
Width: 16.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3370
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
Spink & Son (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (lower left), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 47
p. 47
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: Recto, left edge: “1794 / J WHATMAN”. Verso (backing sheet), right edge, cut off: “I BUT[…]” (mark of John Buttanshaw, Hamptons Mill, West Peckham, Kent).
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink: “*”. Verso (backing sheet): upper left corner, graphite, circled: “21”; upper left corner, graphite: ”4”; lower centre, graphite: “Miss Turing”; lower right corner, graphite: “21”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “John Smart / 1741-1811 / Portrait of Miss Turing.”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink: “*”. Verso (backing sheet): upper left corner, graphite, circled: “21”; upper left corner, graphite: ”4”; lower centre, graphite: “Miss Turing”; lower right corner, graphite: “21”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “John Smart / 1741-1811 / Portrait of Miss Turing.”.
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