Man in a top hat, seated
Maker
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1817-1886
(artist)
1817-1886
Title
Man in a top hat, seated
Date of Production
1800 - 1899
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 31.8 cm
Width: 24.6 cm
Width: 24.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3753
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
W. Wheeler (London); purchased there by Colnaghi (London), 26 June 1945; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 23 July 1945; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Life, Legend, Landscape: Victorian Drawings & Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, 2011
fig. 12 on p. 37
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 16
fig. 12 on p. 37
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 16
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper left, graphite, erased: "Aas"; upper right, graphite: "R. Dadd."; lower left corner, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A. 13124".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper left, graphite, erased: "Aas"; upper right, graphite: "R. Dadd."; lower left corner, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A. 13124".
Collector's mark: none.
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