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A batman in uniform

Maker

(artist)
1740-1812

Title

A batman in uniform

Date of Production

1795 or later

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour on laid paper, laid down, with large losses along edges of the sheet

Dimensions

Height: 32.1 cm
Width: 20.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3394

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

Alexander Yakovleff; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 24 September 1943; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower left), 21 December 1943 (£6); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 33

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, centre: "BAND / 1795".

Inscription: Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left, graphite: "Jacques Philippe Loutherbourg / British-French 1740-1812/14 / A Batman in uniform".

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

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