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Cat and three kittens

Maker

Gottfried Mind (artist)
1768-1814

Title

Cat and three kittens

Medium

traces of graphite, pen and black ink, watercolour on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 15.9 cm
Width: 23.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3577

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

Walker Galleries (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; (in exchange for a J. Nash drawing, Witt's drawing no. 3054); Witt Bequest 1952.

Exhibition History

Birds and beasts: an exhibition of paintings and drawings of five centuries, Matthiessen Gallery, London, 29/05/1953-04/07/1953

catalogue untraced, Eton College, 1950

Literature

Birds and beasts: an exhibition of paintings and drawings of five centuries, Matthiessen Gallery, London, 1953
cat. no. 140

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Removed from former mount, now mounted with the drawing, black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Verso: lower left edge, graphite: “G. / Mind (a Swiss Cretin.) //”; lower right edge, graphite: “3. Na[o]pole”. Mount (removed, now missing, but recorded in file): “Minette”.

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