Back view of a fusilier advancing with his rifle (recto)
Ceiling decoration (?) (verso)
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1688-1752
(artist)
1688-1752
Title
Back view of a fusilier advancing with his rifle (recto)
Ceiling decoration (?) (verso)
Ceiling decoration (?) (verso)
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
black and white chalk, watercolour (recto), black and white chalk (verso), on blue laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 26.2 cm
Width: 20.4 cm
Width: 20.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3725
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
artillery
Provenance
Singer (?); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968
Literature
France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1967-1968
cat. no. 533
cat. no. 533
Inscriptions
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Label: Partial sheet from backing paper. Engraved on one side with volutes and festoons within a frame. With text (partial) from an abbreviated compendium of moral philosophy written in Latin (?).
Collector's mark: none.
Label: Partial sheet from backing paper. Engraved on one side with volutes and festoons within a frame. With text (partial) from an abbreviated compendium of moral philosophy written in Latin (?).
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