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Head of a calf

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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].

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