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Sketch for a portrait of a mother with her child

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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

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).

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