Head of a horse
Maker
(artist)
1763-1804
1763-1804
Title
Head of a horse
Date of Production
1763 - 1804
Medium
graphite on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 13 cm
Width: 8.9 cm
Width: 8.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3535
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
Thomas Agnew & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), possibly in March-April 1944; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
George Morland, Reading Museum and Art Gallery; Southampton Art
Gallery, 1975
71st annual exhibition of water-colour drawings, Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 01/03/1944-01/04/1944
71st annual exhibition of water-colour drawings, Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 01/03/1944-01/04/1944
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 35
p. 35
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, upper right corner, fragment: edge of a crowned circle like those seen on Dutch papers such as Vryheyt.
Inscription: Verso: upper right edge, brown ink: "Morland 5.".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper right edge, brown ink: "Morland 5.".
Collector's mark: none.
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