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Study for the portrait of the Marchioness of Townshend and son (collection Earl of Yarborough)

Maker

(artist)
1741-1807

Title

Study for the portrait of the Marchioness of Townshend and son (collection Earl of Yarborough)

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

black and white chalk on buff laid paper framed with black chalk oval lines, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 36.9 cm
Width: 28.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3553

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

marchionesses



Provenance

Alfred Spero (London); purchased there by Colnaghi (London), 12 May 1944; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 16 May 1944 (£14); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Angelica Kauffmann in British Collections, Rafael Valls Limited, London, 19/11/2007-14/12/2007

Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972

Angelika Kauffmann und ihre Zeitgenossen, Vorarlberger Landesmuseum, Bregenz and Osterreichisches Museum fur angewandte Kunst, Vienna, 23/07/1968-01/02/1969 ...More

Famous British Women Artists, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 1953 ...Less

Literature

Angelica Kauffmann in British Collections, Rafael Valls Limited, London, 2007
no. 4
ill. on p. 47

Famous British Women Artists, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 1953
cat. no. 59

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to thick backing sheet.

Inscription: none.

Label: Removed from a former mount and now in the file: printed and typed in black ink: “GRAVES ART GALLERY, SHEFFIELD 1953. / Exhibition of Famous British Women Artists. / Title The Marchioness of Townshend and her / son. / Artist Angelica Kauffmann, R.A. No 59. / Lent by the Courtauld Institute of Art / Witt Coll. //”; printed in black ink: “JAMES BOURLET & SONS Ltd., / Fine Art Packers, Frame Makers. / G 8195 / 17 & 18, NASSAU STREET, / MORTIMER STREET, W. / Phones: - MUSEUM 1871 & 7588 //”.

Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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