Eight ornamental designs
Maker
After
(artist)
1734-1789
(artist)
1734-1789
Title
Eight ornamental designs
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 21 cm
Width: 30.7 cm
Width: 30.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3981
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
Exhibition History
Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, centre: crowned man riding a horse rearing on its back legs, above a banner reading “P W DE VEYFDE” (larger variant of Churchill 167 - dated 1771).
Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite: “Delafosse / tc[?] //”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite: “Delafosse / tc[?] //”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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