Head of a young man
Maker
Attributed to
Ernest Borough Johnson (artist)
1866-1949
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1833-1898
Ernest Borough Johnson (artist)
1866-1949
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1833-1898
Title
Head of a young man
Date of Production
1885 - 1887
Medium
red and white chalk on brown (probably originally blue) laid paper with a graphite sketch at lower right, laid down on its original mount
Dimensions
Height: 29.3 cm
Width: 23.3 cm
Width: 23.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3520
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
given by the artist to E.R. [? per recto inscription]; E.E. Bliss; by descent to Arthur Bliss; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 8 March 1944, lot 27; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), for £10; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 8
p. 8
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, black chalk, signed with initials: “E.B.J. to ER". Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, brown ink: "SIR Ed. BURNE-JONES."; lower right, graphite, erased: "Sir Edward Burne-Jones / 1833-1898 / signed EBJ / [...] 7".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, black chalk, signed with initials: “E.B.J. to ER". Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, brown ink: "SIR Ed. BURNE-JONES."; lower right, graphite, erased: "Sir Edward Burne-Jones / 1833-1898 / signed EBJ / [...] 7".
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