Group of four female figures (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1818-1875
1818-1875
Title
Group of four female figures (recto)
Date of Production
1818 - 1875
Medium
red chalk on thick wove paper, now quite brown in the pictorial area
Dimensions
Height: 27.2 cm
Width: 24.2 cm
Width: 24.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3627
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
E. Parsons & Sons (London), 1934, no. 107; Beaux Arts Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower left), n.d.; 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 ...More
catalogue untraced, Churchill Club, London, 1945 ...Less
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 ...More
catalogue untraced, Churchill Club, London, 1945 ...Less
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 48
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. 52
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 74
p. 48
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. 52
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 74
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper right, black crayon and graphite: “12530/35”; lower right, graphite, mostly abraded and illegible: “[...]32[...]”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: upper right, black crayon and graphite: “12530/35”; lower right, graphite, mostly abraded and illegible: “[...]32[...]”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Information on this object may be incomplete and will be updated as research progresses. We are particularly committed to addressing any discriminatory or offensive language and ideas that might be present in our records. To help improve this record, and to enquire about images of The Courtauld Gallery Collection, please email gallery.collectionsonline@courtauld.ac.uk. Find out more about using and licensing our images.
____________________________