Farmer and his dog
Maker
(artist)
1763-1804
1763-1804
Title
Farmer and his dog
Date of Production
1792
Medium
graphite and red chalk on wove paper (now brown likely due to ageing or light exposure), with grey ink framing lines, laid down; the upper edge made up with an extra strip of paper
Dimensions
Height: 34.2 cm
Width: 23.5 cm
Width: 23.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3935
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
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) (£5); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
George Morland, Reading Museum and Art Gallery; Southampton Art
Gallery, 1975
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 35
p. 35
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, graphite, signed and dated: "G. Morland 1792.".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, graphite, signed and dated: "G. Morland 1792.".
Collector's mark: none.
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