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Nude female figure with an eagle

Maker

(artist)
1742-1821

Title

Nude female figure with an eagle

Date of Production

1800 - 1821

Medium

graphite, grey wash and touches of brown ink on wove paper, laid down on a mount with grey ink borders

Dimensions

Height: 17.5 cm
Width: 11 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3678

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

Dr Carl Robert Rudolf, London (1884-1974); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 24 January 1945; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 30 January 1945 (£12); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 13

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, lower left, cut off: "J BU[...] / 18[...]" (not found in Churchill or Heawood, but Churchill lists British paper makers J. Budgen, 1818; I. Buttw, 1801; and J. Buttanshaw, 1780, who could be matches).

Inscription: Mount, Recto: lower centre, graphite, erased: "Ric[...] Cosway R.A. [...]". Mount, Verso: lower centre, graphite: "R. Cosway / signed"; lower left, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A.12798"; lower left, graphite, cut off: "J J [?]".

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

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