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Designs of a bed and canopy

Maker

(artist)
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

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”.

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