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Portrait of Eliza Imray

Maker

(artist)
1792-1882

Title

Date of Production

(June) 1817

Medium

graphite and watercolour on wove paper; the pictorial area shaped as a rough oval

Dimensions

Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 17.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3530

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

probably Galleries Albert Berthel (London), by April 1921 [listed for sale with three other portraits, including two of a 'Mary Imray', all signed and dated 1817, in The Connoisseur; however, measurements listed as 8 by 10 inches and larger, suggesting horizontal format, and would have to include the mounts in the measurements. See listing at https://archive.org/details/connoisseurillus59lond/page/n47]; Anderson Galleries (New York), 25 April 1923, lot 129 [listed as property of the late John Naday of New York, the late John W. Tilton of Bradford, Mass., with additions from other private sources; listed with the same three portraits as at Berthel, but now all measuring 8 1/2 x 11 inches. See auction catalogue here: https://archive.org/details/etchingsengravin00ande/page/18]; Iolo Williams (1890-1962); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 13 March 1944; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower left), 20 March 1944 (£6); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 33

Anderson Galleries (New York), Etchings, engravings, color-prints, lithographs, and drawings, 1923 (25 April)
lot 129
measurements don't match so unsure if is the same drawing

listed for sale at Galleries Albert Berthel (London) in 'The Connoisseur', 1921 (Jan.-Apr.); LIX
p.xxx
measurements don't match so unsure if is same drawing

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left (within drawing), graphite, signed and dated: "J. Linnell fecit. / June 1817"; lower centre edge, grey ink, titled: "Eliza Imray". Verso: upper centre edge, graphite: "6". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "John Linnell / 1792-1882 / Portrait of Eliza Imray / Signed + dated 1817".

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

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