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Design for a book-binding (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1684-1754

Formerly attributed to
(Artists)
1700-1799

Title

Design for a book-binding (recto)

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, with brown ink framing lines, hinged at the left edge to a historic support (recto), graphite (verso), on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 26.4 cm
Width: 19.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3691

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


heraldic motifs



Provenance

Efim Schapiro, London (1899-1977); acquired from him (in part exchange for Witt's drawings nos.1458 and 1459 by della Bella) by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right lower edge: “IV”. Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, embossed: “DIXON’S / David Cox / Drawing //”.

Inscription: none.

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

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