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Four men seated at a table with ledgers and money

Maker

(artist)
1692-1780

Title

Four men seated at a table with ledgers and money

Date of Production

1707 - 1780

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 31.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3931

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





Label Text

A drawing made to study the poses and costume details for a group portrait; the heads, only summarily indicated here, were probably the subject of separate studies from life.

Provenance

John F. Keane, Cambridge; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 3 December 1947, lot 91; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£8, along with D.1952.RW.3932); Witt Bequest 1952 See Notes field for provenance remarks.

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 26

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: "IV".

Inscription: Verso: upper right, graphite: "RW7225"; lower left, graphite, circled: "1"; lower left, graphite, upside down: "#8"; lower right, graphite, circled: "E.4".

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

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