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Head of a dog and five studies of legs and paws (recto)

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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).

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