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
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
Keywords
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
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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