Portrait of Sir Thomas Heathcote, Bart.
Maker
Daniel Gardner (artist)
1750-1805
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
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
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)
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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