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Head of a young man

Maker

Attributed to
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

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

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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

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".

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