Portrait of Robert Palmer in the character of 'Tag'
Maker
(artist)
1748-1832
1748-1832
Title
Portrait of Robert Palmer in the character of 'Tag'
Date of Production
1800
Medium
graphite and watercolour on wove paper, laid down on a historic support with a brown wash border
Dimensions
Height: 26.4 cm
Width: 16.7 cm
Width: 16.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3582
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
Nicholson (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 56
p. 56
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: none in the drawing sheet. Support (historic), Verso: lower right, repeated but slightly out of register so support must be composed of two sheets of same paper with same mark overlaid, the marks not precisely aligned – this makes it difficult to read the letters: Strasburg lily and bend over cursive letters composed of single lines, possibly “PB”? (similar type to Heawood 118 – from Mediterranean, dated 1802).
Inscription: S De Wilde. / delin: 1800. //
Inscription: R Palmer as Tag / vide spoilt child. //
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: S De Wilde. / delin: 1800. //
Inscription: R Palmer as Tag / vide spoilt child. //
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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