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Portrait of a man on board the Melville Castle

Maker

(artist)
1741-1811

Title

Portrait of a man on board the Melville Castle

Date of Production

1795

Medium

graphite and watercolour on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 19.2 cm
Width: 14.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3706

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

Spink & Son (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 47

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, graphite: “Capt Hayes”. Verso: upper left corner, graphite, circled: “18”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “John Smart the elder / 1741-1811 / Captain Hayes (Melville Castle) / see note on card.”.

Collector's mark: none.

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