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Study for 'Shakespeare between Tragedy and Comedy'

Maker

(artist)
1755-1826

Title

Study for 'Shakespeare between Tragedy and Comedy'

Date of Production

1770-1826

Medium

graphite, pen and light brown ink on wove paper, framed in graphite

Dimensions

Height: 21.6 cm
Width: 15 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3786

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

Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 19

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: right side of drawing numbered in graphite from “1” to “9”; lower centre, graphite, described: “Monument / Shakpere + Comedy + Tragedy”; lower centre edge, graphite: “Shakespear”. Verso: lower left corner, graphite, circled: “G.2949”.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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