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Madame Rose resting after rehearsal of a new ballet

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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".

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