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Sketch for a full-length portrait of a lady leaning on a pedestal

Maker

(artist)
1734-1802

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1723-1792

Title

Sketch for a full-length portrait of a lady leaning on a pedestal

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

black chalk and grey wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 46.3 cm
Width: 30.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3747

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

Francis Howard, London (1874-1954), by 1927; anonymous sale, Christie's (London), 29 June 1945, lot 53 (as by Reynolds, £19.19); purchased there by Colnaghi (London), on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£17.19); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Meisterwerke englischer Malerei aus drei Jahrhunderten, Vienna, 1927

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 41

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: bunch of grapes? (unclear and hard to see due to quality of paper and the fact that laid down).

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: none.

Label: From old mount. Upper right: red ink number (?) Label: "Exhibition of British Art / Galleries of the Secession, Vienna / September-October, 1927 / Artist: Reynolds, Title of Work: Sketch for Portrait, Owner: Francis Howard (?), Address: 41 Bryanston Close (or Slope?) N.W.".

Label: Exhibition, Vienna, 1927, as by Sir Joshua Reynolds "George Romney 1734-1802 / (formerly attributed to Sir Joshua Reynolds) / by Lawrence Binyon. G. Vasari / reproduction from Ruskin Sch. of Drawing, Oxford".

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