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Portrait of Mr Adams (1775-1862) of Sydenham

Maker

(artist)
1769-1830

Title

Portrait of Mr Adams (1775-1862) of Sydenham

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

graphite on wove paper, now very browned; the inscription occupies the left third of the sheet and had previously been folded under the portrait

Dimensions

Height: 17.1 cm
Width: 19.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3443

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

commissioned by the artist's aunt, Mrs Welsford for her sister? (either Mary or Susan); Leonard G. Duke, London (1890-1971); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 4 January 1944; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower left), 8 January 1944 (£7); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 31

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

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

Inscription: Recto: left centre, graphite, apparently not the artist’s hand (see Notes field): "A Sketch of Mr Adams of Sydenham / for Mrs Giles Welsford, by Mrs John / Welsfords request_ "; lower right, graphite, unclear: "lou-" [or nov- ?].

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