Boy in a smock, seated on a bank
Maker
(artist)
1748-1832
1748-1832
Title
Boy in a smock, seated on a bank
Date of Production
(21 October) 1795
Medium
chalk (black and red) with stumping on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 31.8 cm
Width: 23.1 cm
Width: 23.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3934
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
Randall Davies (1866-1946); John F. Keane, Cambridge; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 3 December 1947, lot 103; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£4); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Samuel de Wilde, c. 1751-1832: theatre in Georgian and Regency London, Northampton Museums and Art Gallery, 04/09/1971-02/10/1971
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 56
p. 56
Inscriptions
Inscription: SDeWilde / October 21 / 1795 //
Inscription: 14
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: 14
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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