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Portrait of Alexander Rae in the character of 'Suffolk'

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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

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)

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