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Copy of a classical relief

Title

Copy of a classical relief

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount; the edge of the shield extends beyond the edges of the rest of the sheet and overlaps the border on the mount

Dimensions

Height: 22 cm
Width: 32.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3836

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

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Provenance

Nathaniel Hone, London (1718-1784); John MacGowan, Edinburgh (d. 1803); Mrs Jean Miller Morrison, Edinburgh; her sale, Sotheby's (London), 23 May 1922, lot 44; Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: unable to check the drawing sheet due to the mount. Mount (historic), Verso: lower centre: a Strasburg lily above “L V G”.

Inscription: VOTIS X / ET XX //

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Nathaniel Hone (L.2793)

Collector's mark: collector's mark of John MacGowan (L.1496)

Inscription: 3836 / other drawings by him on carton bleu in Chantilly as by Poussin / Bartoli //

Inscription: Morrison Sale / May 23. 22 / No 44 //

Inscription: Hone + MacGowan

Inscription: P. S. Bartoli / Schapiro //

Inscription: #3

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