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Two men boxing (recto)
Seated female nude figure (verso)

Maker

(artist)
1770-1842

Title

Two men boxing (recto)
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

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

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).

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