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Girl reading

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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

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 [?]”.

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