Sketch of a bearded man, with slight sketch of a female head
Maker
(artist)
1803-1878
1803-1878
Title
Sketch of a bearded man, with slight sketch of a female head
Date of Production
1818 - 1878
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 17.8 cm
Width: 14.1 cm
Width: 14.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4016
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
E. Kersley, London (active 1930-1960); his sale at Phillips, Son & Neale (London), 10 January 1947, lot 54 or 194; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 25 November 1948 (£4); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 24
p. 24
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, upper right corner, fragment: "0" [end of a year ending in "0"?].
Inscription: Verso: lower centre edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A14107".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower centre edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A14107".
Collector's mark: none.
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