Portrait of William Congreve (recto)
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1656-1743
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1646-1723
(artist)
1656-1743
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1646-1723
Title
Portrait of William Congreve (recto)
Date of Production
(circa) 1709
Medium
black and white chalk with stumping (recto and verso) on blue laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 37 cm
Width: 27 cm
Width: 27 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3549
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
purchased by Colnaghi (London) ca. 1916-1920; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Literature
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 44
pl. II
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 30
no. 44
pl. II
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 30
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Verso, centre: "DP" (not found in Heawood).
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
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