Two horses' heads
Maker
(artist)
1770-1849
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
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
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.
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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