Designs of a bed and canopy
Maker
(artist)
1735-1808
1735-1808
Title
Designs of a bed and canopy
Date of Production
1780 - 1790
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash, blue watercolour on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 41.6 cm
Width: 26.2 cm
Width: 26.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3979
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
Paul Prouté (Paris); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: verso, centre, upside down: "D & C BLAUW".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, in graphite and below in brown ink: "La Londe"; lower centre, grey ink: a scale accompanied by "4 m". Verso: lower right, graphite, with a line above, unclear: “Lx79”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, in graphite and below in brown ink: "La Londe"; lower centre, grey ink: a scale accompanied by "4 m". Verso: lower right, graphite, with a line above, unclear: “Lx79”.
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