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Woman and a telegraph clerk
Maker
1823-1891
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Date of Production
Medium
Dimensions
Width: 19.4 cm
Accession Number
Mode of Acquisition
Credit
Copyright
Location
Keywords
telegraph offices
Telegraph
Provenance
Exhibition History
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Literature
p. 29
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 18
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 43
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, graphite: "Emphatic / Old lady to the telegraph clerk ) O please mister write me / a telegram to my son John, and tell him to come home, / directly and mind and put a dash under 'directly'."; lower left corner (within drawing), brown ink, initials in monogram: "CK"; lower right, graphite, circled: "y2; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number and price: "A 11264 / R/CX/-". Verso: centre, graphite, circled, large: "Grey".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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