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Two horses' heads

Maker

(artist)
1770-1849

Title

Two horses' heads

Date of Production

(11 June) 1824

Medium

graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 22.6 cm
Width: 29.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3831

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

W.D. Longfield; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 23 March 1945; purchased there by Henry Charles Green, Surrey (1883/84-1966), 31 May 1945; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 23 July 1945; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 17 September 1945; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

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. 9

Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 11

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite, signed and dated by the artist, HB in monogram: "HB. Chalon / the / 11 June 1824. / Dublin". Verso: centre, graphite: "12".

Collector's mark: none.

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