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Woman with two children and a dog

Maker

(artist)
1738-1806

Title

Date of Production

1753 - 1806

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash and watercolour on laid paper, trimmed into an oval and laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 25.2 cm
Width: 18.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3987

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

by descent through the artist's family and acquired from them and exhibited by Squire Gallery (London), June 1948; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£17); Witt Bequest 1952 Witt noted on his index card that Mr Edwards (any relation?) from the V&A attested that this drawing had come down through the artist's family. See Long Description.

Exhibition History

Two centuries of English life, character and pastimes: watercolours and drawings, Squire Gallery, London, 1948 (June)

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 18

Two centuries of English life, character and pastimes: watercolours and drawings, Squire Gallery, London, June 1948
cat. no. 20

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: centre: Britannia (matches Churchill 232 – dated 1790). Mount (historic), Verso: left centre: “J WHATMAN”.

Label: Removed, glued to new mount, printed: "SQUIRE GALLERY / Old & Modern Watercolours & Drawings / 12 BAKER STREET / WELBECK 6027 / PORTMAN SQUARE W1".

Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Edward Edwards“; lower left corner, graphite, erased: “3634“. Mount (historic), Verso: centre, graphite, erased: “Rowlandson“. On Squire Gallery label (removed, glued to new mount), blue ballpoint: “Edward Edwards. A.R.A. / 1738 - 1806 / No 20. Exhibition June 1948“.

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