Portrait of a young girl - Miss Elizabeth Holt
Maker
(artist)
1752-1812
1752-1812
Title
Portrait of a young girl - Miss Elizabeth Holt
Date of Production
1752 - 1812
Medium
pastels on wove paper, laid down on board; board now adhered to modern backboard so unable to see verso
Dimensions
Height: 28.5 cm
Width: 22.6 cm
Width: 22.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3775
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), L.2228b (verso), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, American Federation of the Arts, Washington, D.C. and nine cities in the USA, 1951
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 47
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 50
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 73
p. 47
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 50
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 73
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down; none evident in raking light.
Inscription: Verso (not visible b/c secured at all sides, see IMAF photos): upper centre, graphite: “Elizabeth Holt”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left, graphite: “Exhibited Arts Council 1948/9 / " British Council in Canada 1949/50 / " American Federation of Arts, Washington, in 9 cities in the U.S.A. 1951”; lower right, graphite: “John Raphael Smith / 1740-1812 / Portrait of Miss Elizabeth Holt”.
Collector's mark: Verso (not visible b/c secured at all sides, see IMAF photos): lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso (not visible b/c secured at all sides, see IMAF photos): upper centre, graphite: “Elizabeth Holt”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left, graphite: “Exhibited Arts Council 1948/9 / " British Council in Canada 1949/50 / " American Federation of Arts, Washington, in 9 cities in the U.S.A. 1951”; lower right, graphite: “John Raphael Smith / 1740-1812 / Portrait of Miss Elizabeth Holt”.
Collector's mark: Verso (not visible b/c secured at all sides, see IMAF photos): lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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