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Sketch of a bearded man, with slight sketch of a female head

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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.

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