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Man in a top hat, seated

Maker

Formerly attributed to
(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

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

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.

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