Portrait heads of three young girls - study for 'The Proposal'
Maker
(artist)
1787-1819
1787-1819
Title
Portrait heads of three young girls - study for 'The Proposal'
Date of Production
1815 - 1819
Medium
black and red chalk on card, laid down on historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 15.9 cm
Width: 16.5 cm
Width: 16.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3596
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
given to 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. 25
p. 25
Inscriptions
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, black ink: "THE PROPOSAL (Lady Blomfield) / by G.H. HARLOW."; lower left corner, black ink: "Study for the painting in the possession of / MRS ROMNEY, KESWICK, CUMBERLAND.". Mount (removed, see photo): lower right, graphite: "George Henry Harlow / 1787-1819 / Study for the Proposal (Lady Blomfield) / The picture is in the possession of / Mrs Romney, Keswick / T.O.".
Collector's mark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
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