Two men boxing (recto)
Seated female nude figure (verso)
Maker
(artist)
1770-1842
1770-1842
Title
Two men boxing (recto)
Seated female nude figure (verso)
Seated female nude figure (verso)
Date of Production
1770 - 1842
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash and watercolour (recto), black and red chalk (verso) on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 20.4 cm
Width: 14.6 cm
Width: 14.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3766
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
Randall Davies (1866-1946), L.2903a (verso, lower right); Leonard G. Duke, London (1890-1971); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 30 June 1945; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower left), 17 September 1945 (£5); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 46
p. 46
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite: “Field”; lower right, graphite: “Shepherd”. Verso: lower centre, graphite: “Shepheard & Field”; lower centre edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A. 13131” Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “George Shepheard / 1770-1842 / The artist, M. Haughton + Field. / Coll. L. Duke”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped in black, abraded: Randall Davies (L.2903a); lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite: “Field”; lower right, graphite: “Shepherd”. Verso: lower centre, graphite: “Shepheard & Field”; lower centre edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A. 13131” Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “George Shepheard / 1770-1842 / The artist, M. Haughton + Field. / Coll. L. Duke”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped in black, abraded: Randall Davies (L.2903a); lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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