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Portrait of Jonathan Richardson the Younger in a wig

Maker

(artist)
1667-1745

Title

Portrait of Jonathan Richardson the Younger in a wig

Date of Production

(29 June) 1734

Medium

black, red and white chalk on brown laid paper with black chalk framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 29.9 cm
Width: 20 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3902

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

Jonathan Richardson, the elder (1665-1745), L.2184; Richard Hancock; Julian G. Lousada, London (ca. 1874-1945); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 7 March 1947, lot 43; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£27.6); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, American Federation of the Arts, Washington, D.C. and nine cities in the USA, 1951

Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 40

Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 41

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: unclear due to rough paper, possibly an anchor (with thin arms, closer to those in Piccard than Briquet or Heawood).

Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, red chalk, dated: "29 June 1734". Verso: lower centre, graphite: "young Richardson by his / Father".

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right, stamped in black: Jonathan Richardson, the elder (L.2184). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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