Sketch for a portrait of a mother with her child
Maker
(artist)
1734-1802
1734-1802
Title
Sketch for a portrait of a mother with her child
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
graphite on laid paper, laid down on a paper support
Dimensions
Height: 18.3 cm
Width: 20.6 cm
Width: 20.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3874
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
Reverend G.B. Mountford; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 20 November 1946; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 24 January 1947 (£7); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 41
p. 41
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, lower left: a circle above a shield with a bend, below is monogram "VDL" (for Van der Ley, Dutch papermaker dated 1698-1815 by Churchill, though no match for this mark in Churchill or Heawood).
Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A. 14040."; lower right, graphite: "Gromney". Mount (removed, see photo), front cover, Recto: lower right, graphite: "George Romney / British 1734-1802 / Mother + child.".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A. 14040."; lower right, graphite: "Gromney". Mount (removed, see photo), front cover, Recto: lower right, graphite: "George Romney / British 1734-1802 / Mother + child.".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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