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Portrait of Isaac Cuthbert

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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.".

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