Two men in the stocks (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1803-1832
1803-1832
Title
Two men in the stocks (recto)
Date of Production
1828
Medium
graphite, pen and dark brown ink and brown wash with graphite framing lines (recto), graphite and red chalk (verso), on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 20 cm
Width: 28 cm
Width: 28 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3914
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
Stocks (Punishment)
Provenance
Vernon Wethered (1865-1952); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 4 June 1947, lot 112 (with 2 others); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£4); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 33
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 25
p. 33
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 25
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, red chalk, signed and dated: "Henry Liverseege / 1828"; lower right, red chalk, very faint: "Bak. [?]"; lower centre edge, red chalk, cut off: "Sketches of [...] Artists [...]". Verso: lower right corner, graphite, the “#" erased: "#6". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Henry Liverseege / 1803-1832 / Don Quixote + Sancho Panza / in the stocks. / Signed + dated 1828".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, red chalk, signed and dated: "Henry Liverseege / 1828"; lower right, red chalk, very faint: "Bak. [?]"; lower centre edge, red chalk, cut off: "Sketches of [...] Artists [...]". Verso: lower right corner, graphite, the “#" erased: "#6". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Henry Liverseege / 1803-1832 / Don Quixote + Sancho Panza / in the stocks. / Signed + dated 1828".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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