The Chignon - bust of a woman, with Cupid seated on her hair
Maker
(artist)
1792-1878
1792-1878
Title
The Chignon - bust of a woman, with Cupid seated on her hair
Date of Production
1870
Medium
graphite and watercolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 22.8 cm
Width: 17.1 cm
Width: 17.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3741
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
D.R. Nott; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 29 May 1945; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (lower left), 29 June 1945, for £3; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 15
p. 15
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: centre (on woman's sleeve), pink watercolour, signed: "George Cruikshank"; lower centre, blue-green ink over graphite, signed and dated: "The Chignon. / The Chignon is a sort of Cupid's nest, / But where the little fellow has little rest, / For it seems to be, the Ladies delight / To Keep him firing away, from Morg, till night / But the brave chaps who are hit, Know 'tis their lot, / And if the truth must be told, they like to be shot. / G Ck. 1870_ ". Verso: lower left edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A.13001".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: centre (on woman's sleeve), pink watercolour, signed: "George Cruikshank"; lower centre, blue-green ink over graphite, signed and dated: "The Chignon. / The Chignon is a sort of Cupid's nest, / But where the little fellow has little rest, / For it seems to be, the Ladies delight / To Keep him firing away, from Morg, till night / But the brave chaps who are hit, Know 'tis their lot, / And if the truth must be told, they like to be shot. / G Ck. 1870_ ". Verso: lower left edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A.13001".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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