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Man standing by a horse in a landscape

Maker

(artist)
1700-1799

Title

Man standing by a horse in a landscape

Date of Production

(circa) 1780

Medium

graphite, pen and grey and brown inks, watercolour and bodycolour on laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 52 cm
Width: 41.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3649

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

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Provenance

A. Berthel, Surrey; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 28 March 1945; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 21 April 1945 (£12); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 60

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: lower centre: "J WHATMAN"; Countermark: upper centre: Strasburg lily over filigree "W" (matches Churchill 324, though our lily is a little bigger - dated 1777).

Inscription: Verso (hidden under backing sheet but visible via transmitted light): lower right corner, graphite?, underlined: "8138" and below that "opening / 20 16 [illegible]".

Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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