Head of a dog and five studies of legs and paws (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1802-1873
1802-1873
Title
Head of a dog and five studies of legs and paws (recto)
Date of Production
1817 - 1821
Medium
black, red and white chalk (recto), black chalk (verso), on thick blue-brown wove paper (now discoloured brown in picture area)
Dimensions
Height: 27.1 cm
Width: 38 cm
Width: 38 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3835
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
Christopher Thomas Tower (1915-1998), Weald Hall, Brentwood; probably purchased from him by Hans M. Calmann, London (1899-1982) in 1946 when the Weald Hall estate was broken up; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 5 July 1946; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 11 September 1946 (£6); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 30
p. 30
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: right centre, graphite: "Edwin / Landseer".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: right centre, graphite: "Edwin / Landseer".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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