Artist at his easel
Maker
(artist)
1846-1886
1846-1886
Title
Artist at his easel
Date of Production
6 April 1873
Medium
pen and brown ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 8.4 cm
Width: 11.3 cm
Width: 11.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3788.1
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
F.A. Drey (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 9
p. 9
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Collector's mark: ? Recto, upper left corner, blindstamped, in a circle: "NOTE / [crown]" (not in Lugt).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, right centre (on sign), black ink: "46 / Great Russell / St., / Bloomsbury, / LONDON. W.C."; within the drawing, lower left (on box), black ink, dated by the artist: "6th / April / 1873.". Verso: entire sheet, black ink, cut off at edges: "very occasionally feel / really respectable. But perha / you will not think it looks / so. Well never mind, don't / give it away. Put it in a / permanent position in your"; left centre edge, graphite, the last letter scribbled over: "#14 B (?)"; lower right corner, graphite, encircled: "E.2836". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file): graphite: "Caldecott (Randolph) 1846-1886 / The artist seated at his easel / painting a portrait, dated 1873 / with the artist address 46 Gt Russell St W.C / Pen Drawing / 91/4/4/-".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Collector's mark: ? Recto, upper left corner, blindstamped, in a circle: "NOTE / [crown]" (not in Lugt).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, right centre (on sign), black ink: "46 / Great Russell / St., / Bloomsbury, / LONDON. W.C."; within the drawing, lower left (on box), black ink, dated by the artist: "6th / April / 1873.". Verso: entire sheet, black ink, cut off at edges: "very occasionally feel / really respectable. But perha / you will not think it looks / so. Well never mind, don't / give it away. Put it in a / permanent position in your"; left centre edge, graphite, the last letter scribbled over: "#14 B (?)"; lower right corner, graphite, encircled: "E.2836". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file): graphite: "Caldecott (Randolph) 1846-1886 / The artist seated at his easel / painting a portrait, dated 1873 / with the artist address 46 Gt Russell St W.C / Pen Drawing / 91/4/4/-".
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