Girl reading
Maker
(artist)
1752-1812
1752-1812
Title
Girl reading
Date of Production
1752 - 1812
Medium
black, red and white chalk on blue-prepared laid paper, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 16.3 cm
Width: 16.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3555
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
possibly Dr Carl Robert Rudolf, London (1884-1974); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 14 October 1943; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso), 16 May 1944 (£4); Witt Bequest 1952 See Notes field on provenance.
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 47
p. 47
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre edge, fragment: edge of some circular lines but nothing discernible.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: upper left, graphite, erased and hard to read: “36/34. [?]”; upper left, graphite, partially covered by tape so hard to read: “725 SD 750 [?]”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: upper left, graphite, erased and hard to read: “36/34. [?]”; upper left, graphite, partially covered by tape so hard to read: “725 SD 750 [?]”.
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