Madame Rose resting after rehearsal of a new ballet
Maker
(artist)
1757-1827
1757-1827
Title
Madame Rose resting after rehearsal of a new ballet
Date of Production
1757 - 1827
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown, grey and red wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 12.8 cm
Width: 19.9 cm
Width: 19.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4013
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
Desmond Coke (1879-1931); Richard Wyndham (1896-1948); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 24 November 1948, lot 135; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), for £50; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Cartoonists of the British School, East Kent and Folkestone Arts Centre, Folkestone, UK, 16/03/1968-20/04/1968
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 43
p. 43
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Label: Removed (now in envelope in object file): illustration of a gentleman in Georgian costume in profile accompanied with text "Desmond Coke's / Collection.".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, grey ink, described by the artist: "Madame Rose resting after rehearsal / of a new Ballett [sic]". Verso: upper left, graphite, partly circled: "9".
Label: Removed (now in envelope in object file): illustration of a gentleman in Georgian costume in profile accompanied with text "Desmond Coke's / Collection.".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, grey ink, described by the artist: "Madame Rose resting after rehearsal / of a new Ballett [sic]". Verso: upper left, graphite, partly circled: "9".
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