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Adam and Eve expelled from Paradise (recto)
Preparatory sketch for Adam and Eve expelled from Paradise (verso)
Maker
(artist)
1741-1825
Title
Preparatory sketch for Adam and Eve expelled from Paradise (verso)
Date of Production
Medium
Dimensions
Width: 22 cm
Accession Number
Mode of Acquisition
Credit
Copyright
Location
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Provenance
Exhibition History
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948 ...More
Two hundred years of British painting, Public Library and Art Gallery, Huddersfield, 16/05/1946-13/07/1946
British Council exhibition, Paris, 1937 ...Less
Literature
no. 25
pl. XI
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 23
pl. IV
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 20
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower left? recorded in Modes but no longer visible, artist's hand: “1 May.22”; left side of drawing, graphite, written vertically, several lines extending down whole sheet but very faint and hard to read: “the grim white woman [...] / then it is beautiful [...] / [...] with [...]". Mount (removed, now in three pieces in the object file): 1st piece, graphite: “Fuseli Adam & Eve / Exhibited Huddersfield, 1946 / “ Arts Council 1948/9 / “ by British Council in Canada 1949/50 / " " American Federation of Arts, Washington, in 9 cities of the U.S.A 1951”; 2nd piece, label printed in pink and burnt orange ink: “HUDDERSFIELD / 1946 / OFFICIAL AGENTS: / JAMES BOURLET & SONS, Ltd. / 17-18 Nassau St. London, W.1 / Tel. Nos.: MUSEUM 1871-7588”; below, in graphite: “Adam + Eve / by Henry Fuseli R.A. / (Exhibited at the British Council Exhibition Paris 1937.)”; 3rd piece, label printed in black ink: “JAMES BOURLET & SONS, Ltd., / Fine Art Packers, Frame Makers, / C21923 / 17 & 18, NASSAU STREET, / MORTIMER STREET, W. / Phones:-MUSEUM 1871 & 7588.".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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