Head of a calf
Maker
(artist)
1784-1849
1784-1849
Title
Head of a calf
Date of Production
1828 - 1849
Medium
black chalk, watercolour and white bodycolour on brown wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 18.9 cm
Width: 23.9 cm
Width: 23.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3919
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
Walker Galleries (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 59
p. 59
Inscriptions
Inscription: Verso: upper centre, graphite: 196/3.
Inscription: Verso: lower left edge, graphite, Witt number: P. de Wint / RW 3919 .
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Watermark: Verso: lower right edge, cut off: [...] & S, / [...]28 [as in B, E, & S, / 1828, same watermark on D.1952.RW.1102].
Inscription: Verso: lower left edge, graphite, Witt number: P. de Wint / RW 3919 .
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Watermark: Verso: lower right edge, cut off: [...] & S, / [...]28 [as in B, E, & S, / 1828, same watermark on D.1952.RW.1102].
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