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Portrait of William Congreve (recto)

Maker

Attributed to
(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

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

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Verso, centre: "DP" (not found in Heawood).

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: none.

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