Family party in a box at the theatre - 'The Pantomime'
Maker
(artist)
1815-1882
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
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
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).
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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