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Portrait of boy, bust length, half turned to the viewer's left

Maker

(artist)
1739-1808

Title

Portrait of boy, bust length, half turned to the viewer's left

Date of Production

1771

Medium

pastels on paper, laid down on board, cut into a circle

Dimensions

Diameter: 21.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3734

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

Thomas Agnew & Sons (London); S. Gould (?); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 10 May 1945; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (now removed), 22 May 1945 (£15); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Three Centuries of British Watercolours and Drawings, Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1951

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 24

Three Centuries of British Watercolours and Drawings, Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1951
cat. no. 87

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down on board.

Inscription: Recto: right edge, grey ink, signed and dated: "H.D. Hamilton Del.t 1771". Verso: centre, graphite: "No III".

Label: Verso: upper left, printed and written in black ink: "THOS. AGNEW & SONS / 2295".

Collector's mark: Removed or no longer visible but recorded by Paper Conservator: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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