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Military trophy

Maker

(artist)
1677-1726

Title

Military trophy

Date of Production

1677 - 1726

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 14.9 cm
Width: 21 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3482.2

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

John Talman (1677-1726), L.2387c and L.2926a (both on verso); an anonymous eighteenth-century collection; sale of that collection, Sotheby's (London), 2 February 1944, lot 109 (with 5 others); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), for £26 (along with D.1952.RW.3480, 3481.1-.2 and D.1952.RW.3482.1 and.3); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 49

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, graphite, cut off at lower edge: “Casel S Agnelo” [sic]. Verso: lower centre, graphite: “J. Talman”; lower centre, graphite: “9”; lower centre edge, graphite: “75”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “John Talman (son of William T.) / 1677-1726”.

Collector's mark: Verso: upper centre, pen and brown ink: John Talman (L.2387c); centre, pen and brown ink: John Talman (L.2926a).

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