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Portrait of a boy, full length

Maker

(artist)
1792-1871

Title

Portrait of a boy, full length

Date of Production

1807 - 1871

Medium

traces of graphite (visible under microscope), watercolour and white bodycolour on card; now discoloured brown and the borders damaged from removal of a former mount

Dimensions

Height: 36.7 cm
Width: 26.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3408

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

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Provenance

probably in a British collection by 1922 (per the verso inscription when it was inspected at the British Museum); Dr Carl Robert Rudolf, London (1884-1974); acquired from him (in exchange) by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 26

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: "original drawing by G. Hayter [the 'G' and 'H' gone over in black ink)] / identified by Sir[this crossed out] Lawrence Binyon. British Museum. / July 12.1922."; lower left, graphite: "No 1 K".

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

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