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Portrait of a lady, bust length, half turned to the right

Maker

(artist)
1739-1808

Title

Portrait of a lady, bust length, half turned to the right

Date of Production

1739 - 1808

Medium

pastels on laid paper prepared with a grey wash, cut into an oval and laid down

Dimensions

Height: 23.6 cm
Width: 18.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3809

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

Mrs M. Berryman, Chesterford, Essex; her sale, Christie's (London), 18 January 1946, lot 4; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) for £14; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 24

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Backing sheet? (now removed but visible in photo attached to record), lower centre, graphite, hard to read: "WD [?] dwg / #3".

Label: Detached from old mount, now kept separately from file, handwritten label in brown ink with typed transcription: "A Drawing similar to this implying and apparently by the same artist is in the National Portrait Gallery? (S Kensington) 'Countess of Temple' by H.D. Hamilton 1770. Three similar oval Portraits, one of Lady Minton, another of Mrs. Clive, all signed H. D. Hamilton are in the Collection of Mr. Hereford. 1877."

Collector's mark: none.

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