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Two men in the stocks (recto)

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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).

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