Three studies of the arms of a woman
Maker
(artist)
1785-1841
1785-1841
Title
Three studies of the arms of a woman
Date of Production
(30 May) 1814
Medium
black and red chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 22.1 cm
Width: 28.3 cm
Width: 28.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3591
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
anonymous sale, Christie's (London), 23 June 1944, lot 101 (with D.1952.RW.3590); purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 26 June 1944 (£16.16s for both); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, American Federation of the Arts, Washington, D.C. and nine cities in the USA, 1951
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 57
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 60
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 88
p. 57
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 60
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 88
Inscriptions
Inscription: DW / May 30 / 1814 //
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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