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Portrait of Sir Thomas Heathcote, Bart.

Maker

Daniel Gardner (artist)
1750-1805

Title

Portrait of Sir Thomas Heathcote, Bart.

Date of Production

1793

Medium

black chalk washed with a fixative on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 25.6 cm
Width: 16.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3420

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

Leonard G. Duke, London (1890-1971); acquired from him in part exchange for a Richardson drawing 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. 23

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right upper edge, fragment: upper 2/3 of a Strasburg lily.

Inscription: Verso: upper left, graphite, dated: "Gardener Esqre / 1793"; upper right, graphite: "Thos: Heathcote Esqre / eldest son of / Sir William Heathcote Bart."; centre, graphite: "1/4 special cream upright / no gold / raise 1/2 inch"; lower right corner, graphite: "#15 / Hinge at Side.". Mount (removed, cut down into two pieces and now in object file): graphite, artist and date underlined, L.G. Duke's hand: "D529/ Daniel Gardner 1750-1805 / Sir Thomas Heathcote Bart. Inscribed on back "Sketch by / D. Gardener Esqr December 1793. Thos Heathcote Esqr. eldest son / of Sir William Heathcote Bart." There is a reference to Sir / Thomas Heathcote as being present at the RA Banquet of 1820 / on p 316 of W.T. Whitley's Art in England 1800-1820. / LGD"; separate piece of mount, graphite, L.G. Duke's hand: "Daniel Gardner / 1750-1805 / Portrait of Sir Thomas Heathcote, Bart. / Inscribed on back / 'Sketch by D Gardner. Esq. December / 1793 / Coll. L. Duke.".

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

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