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Family party in a box at the theatre - 'The Pantomime'

Maker

(artist)
1815-1882

Title

Family party in a box at the theatre - 'The Pantomime'

Date of Production

(circa) 1887

Medium

graphite, red chalk, grey wash and white bodycolour on grey (now brown) paper, laid down (examined under microscope)

Dimensions

Height: 18.6 cm
Width: 26 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3967

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

Mrs Emma Joseph, London (d. 1947); her estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 17 March 1948, lot 47; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£3); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

British Life, New Burlington Galleries, London, 29/05/1953-11/07/1953

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 7

British Life, New Burlington Galleries, London, 1953, Arts Council
no. 48

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, graphite, titled by the artist: "The Pantomime"; lower right corner, graphite, signed by the artist: "PHIZ".

Label: Removed but recorded in file: brown ink, some illegible: "The Pantomime by "Phiz" / Hablot - K. Browne ("Phiz) / The famous illustrator, was / born in Kensington[...]".

Collector's mark: Removed from a former mount or support: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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