Half-length portrait of a young lady
Maker
(artist)
1735-1811
1735-1811
Title
Half-length portrait of a young lady
Date of Production
1750 - 1811
Medium
graphite and pink watercolour on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 23.4 cm
Width: 18.4 cm
Width: 18.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3990
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
Sir Robert Abdy, Albyns (1896-1976); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 12 December 1947; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 7 September 1948 (£32, as 'Portrait of Mrs Crewe'); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 16
p. 16
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: left centre edge, fragment: "VI".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A 14995"; lower right corner, graphite: "N. Dance M A / Mrs Crewe." Mount (removed, now in object file): graphite: "A. 14995 / CF/-/ / 36/-/- / 3990 , Sir N. Dance".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A 14995"; lower right corner, graphite: "N. Dance M A / Mrs Crewe." Mount (removed, now in object file): graphite: "A. 14995 / CF/-/ / 36/-/- / 3990 , Sir N. Dance".
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