Two young ladies on a terrace
Maker
(artist)
1759-1833
1759-1833
Title
Two young ladies on a terrace
Date of Production
1800
Medium
none visible, though unable to see clearly as is laid down on board.
black chalk and watercolour on paper, laid down on cardboard, with white residue around the edges from a former mount or frame
black chalk and watercolour on paper, laid down on cardboard, with white residue around the edges from a former mount or frame
Dimensions
Height: 39.5 cm
Width: 40.8 cm
Width: 40.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3763
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
Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
An Elegant Society: Adam Buck, Artist in the Age of Jane Austen, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 16/07/2015-04/10/2015
Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972
Regency Exhibition, Brighton, 1951
Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972
Regency Exhibition, Brighton, 1951
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 7
p. 7
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing on the base of the column, black chalk, signed and dated by the artist: "Adam Buck / 1800 London ". Cardboard support, Verso: lower centre, graphite, underlined: “Buck drawing”.
Collector's mark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
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