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Man in academic robes reading from a paper

Maker

(artist)
1811-1863

Title

Date of Production

1811 - 1863

Medium

graphite, grey and black wash on wove paper, laid down on a hsitoric paper support which has a brown ink frame around the drawing

Dimensions

Height: 22.1 cm
Width: 11.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3906

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

F.R. Meatyard (London), c. 1925; purchased from him by Julian G. Lousada, London (c. 1874-1945), by 1928 (as part of a sketchbook containing at least 15 Amigoni drawings, see record for Amigoni D.1952.RW.3906 and Claye 1974, p. 42); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 7 March 1947, lot 1 (with 3 others); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£17, along with D.1952.RW.3905 and G.1990.WL.1766); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 50

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower right, graphite: “blue”; lower right, brown ink: “Sketch by WMThackeray.”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “William Makepeace Thackeray / 1811-1863”.

Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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