Four studies of a lion's head
Maker
(artist)
1802-1873
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1805-1876
1802-1873
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1805-1876
Title
Four studies of a lion's head
Date of Production
(circa?) 1862
Medium
graphite, black red and white chalk on wove paper, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 27.3 cm
Width: 27.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3615
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
Label Text
When used with paper with a suitably textured surface, chalks spread swiftly and easily, which would enable Landseer to make studies such as these directly from life despite the animal's movements.
Provenance
John Deffett Francis, Swansea (1815-1901), L.1445 (lower centre); Peter Wilson, London (1913-1984); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 31 August 1944; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 9 October 1944; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Landseer’s ‘The Monarch of the Glen’, National Gallery, London, 28/11/2018-03/02/2019
Material Evidence, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/10/1998-24/01/1999
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 ...More
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 ...Less
Material Evidence, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/10/1998-24/01/1999
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 ...More
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 ...Less
Literature
Mathew Norman, "Drawings of lions by Sire Edwin Landseer (1802-1873) and the Trafalgar Square Monument" British Art Journal 21, no. 2 (2020), pp. 38-45
42
ill. p. 42
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 30
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. 35 ...More
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 47 ...Less
42
ill. p. 42
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 30
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. 35 ...More
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 47 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower centre edge, blindstamped: John Deffett Francis (L.1445). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower centre edge, blindstamped: John Deffett Francis (L.1445). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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