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Portrait of a young girl - Miss Elizabeth Holt

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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

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).

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