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Young man in a smock

Maker

(artist)
1769-1859

Title

Young man in a smock

Medium

graphite, wash (grey), fixative on paper, laid down on artist's mount with bodycolour (white) and ink (grey) borders

Dimensions

Height: 27.2 cm
Width: 15.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3442

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

Leonard G. Duke, London (1890-1971); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 4 January 1944; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 8 January 1944, for £3; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 55

Inscriptions

Inscription: JW. RA.

Inscription: 3

Inscription: Study from Nature

Inscription: D89/ James Ward RA 1769-1859. / LGD //

Inscription: Coll. L. Duke. / Study for 'Sheep shearing' Nettlefold / Coll. / James Ward 3442 //

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

Inscription: J WHATMAN [unable to check drawing sheet as laid down; none evident in raking light]

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