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Head of a young man in right profile

Maker

(artist)
1790-1864

Title

Head of a young man in right profile

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 10.5 cm
Width: 7.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3546.2

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

Colnaghi (London); given from there to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

John Witt, William Henry Hunt (1790-1864): Life and Work, with a catalogue (London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1982)
no. 326

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 28

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: lower centre, graphite: "2"; left lower edge, abraded and hard to read: "A2 [?]".

Collector's mark: none.

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