Design for a book-binding (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1684-1754
Formerly attributed to
(Artists)
1700-1799
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
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).
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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