Bust portrait of a young lady
Maker
(artist)
1700-1799
1700-1799
Title
Bust portrait of a young lady
Medium
red and black chalk with stumping, graphite, grey wash, blue watercolour and white bodycolour on laid paper, cut into an oval and laid down on a paper support
Dimensions
Height: 27.5 cm
Width: 21.7 cm
Width: 21.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3568
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
Alexander Yakovleff; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 25 May 1944; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 6 June 1944, for £10; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 60
p. 60
Inscriptions
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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