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Artist at his easel

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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

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/-".

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