Portrait of Alexander Rae in the character of 'Suffolk'
Maker
(artist)
1748-1832
1748-1832
Title
Portrait of Alexander Rae in the character of 'Suffolk'
Date of Production
1818
Medium
graphite, black and red chalk, watercolour on wove paper, laid down on a large paper support
Dimensions
Height: 37.9 cm
Width: 23.5 cm
Width: 23.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3789
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), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Samuel de Wilde, c. 1751-1832: theatre in Georgian and Regency London, Northampton Museums and Art Gallery, 04/09/1971-02/10/1971
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
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. 56
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 18
p. 56
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 18
Inscriptions
Inscription: Gold / purple / LL Purple / Gold //
Inscription: J BUDGEN / 1815 //
Inscription: J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL // and "N"
Inscription: gold Blue ground
Inscription: S DeWilde delin / F. 1818- //
Inscription: De Wilde
Inscription: 572
Inscription: #10
Inscription: Alexander Rae - as Suffolk - in / Richard, Duke of York, or the Contention of York and Lancaster _ first acted Dec 22 1817. //
Inscription: De Wilde
Inscription: 82 d[?]
Inscription: E[...]
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: J BUDGEN / 1815 //
Inscription: J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL // and "N"
Inscription: gold Blue ground
Inscription: S DeWilde delin / F. 1818- //
Inscription: De Wilde
Inscription: 572
Inscription: #10
Inscription: Alexander Rae - as Suffolk - in / Richard, Duke of York, or the Contention of York and Lancaster _ first acted Dec 22 1817. //
Inscription: De Wilde
Inscription: 82 d[?]
Inscription: E[...]
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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