Portrait of Isaac Cuthbert
Maker
(artist)
1769-1830
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1787-1819
1769-1830
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1787-1819
Title
Portrait of Isaac Cuthbert
Date of Production
(between?) 1795 - 1802
Medium
black, red and white chalk, graphite and grey wash on wove paper (examined under microscope)
Dimensions
Height: 22.6 cm
Width: 18.6 cm
Width: 18.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3951
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
son of the sitter, Captain J.W. Cuthbert (d. 1874); bequeathed by him to Cyril E.H. Graves; an anonymous estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 28 January 1948, lot 97, as by George Henry Harlow; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower left), for £4; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Regency Exhibition, Brighton, 1951
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 31
p. 31
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre edge: "1795 / RWILLIAMS".
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Backing sheet (removed but retained on same mount), Verso: lower right, graphite: "#3"; lower right, graphite, lot in 1948 sale: "Lot 97". Separate paper, now attached to current mount: black ink: "Isaac Cuthbert Esq / by Sir Thomas Lawrence R.A. / Left to me with other / property / by Captain J. / W. Cuthbert 2nd Life Guards / Son of Isaac Cuthbert. / CyrilEHGraves". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left, graphite: "Exhibited Brighton 1951"; lower right, graphite: "Sir Thomas Lawrence. P.R.A / 1769 - 1830 / Isaac Cuthbert / Cyril Graves Coll. / T.O.".
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Backing sheet (removed but retained on same mount), Verso: lower right, graphite: "#3"; lower right, graphite, lot in 1948 sale: "Lot 97". Separate paper, now attached to current mount: black ink: "Isaac Cuthbert Esq / by Sir Thomas Lawrence R.A. / Left to me with other / property / by Captain J. / W. Cuthbert 2nd Life Guards / Son of Isaac Cuthbert. / CyrilEHGraves". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left, graphite: "Exhibited Brighton 1951"; lower right, graphite: "Sir Thomas Lawrence. P.R.A / 1769 - 1830 / Isaac Cuthbert / Cyril Graves Coll. / T.O.".
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