Portrait of boy, bust length, half turned to the viewer's left
Maker
(artist)
1739-1808
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
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).
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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