Scene from 'The Rape of the Lock'
Maker
(artist)
1755-1834
1755-1834
Title
Scene from 'The Rape of the Lock'
Date of Production
(circa) 1798
Medium
graphite, pen and red-brown ink and watercolour on card
Dimensions
Height: 18.2 cm
Width: 14.4 cm
Width: 14.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3434
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
Dr John Percy, London (1817-1889), L.1504 (verso); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 15 - 24 April 1890, lot 1198, 1199 or 1200; purchased there by Naltali (?); John Postle Heseltine, London (1843-1929); Wheeler (London); purchased there by Colnaghi (London), 31 December 1943; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso), 3 January 1944; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 49
p. 49
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite, circled: “E.611”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Thomas Stothard / 1755-1834 / Scene from the Rape of the Lock / Engraved / by / William Bromley.”; lower left, graphite: “"Fair nymphs + well-dressed youths around her shone, / But every eye was fixed on her alone."”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower centre, stamped in black: Dr. John Percy (L.1504); lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite, circled: “E.611”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Thomas Stothard / 1755-1834 / Scene from the Rape of the Lock / Engraved / by / William Bromley.”; lower left, graphite: “"Fair nymphs + well-dressed youths around her shone, / But every eye was fixed on her alone."”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower centre, stamped in black: Dr. John Percy (L.1504); lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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