Full-length portrait of a man
Maker
(artist)
1795-1880
1795-1880
Title
Full-length portrait of a man
Date of Production
1800 - 1880
Medium
graphite, watercolour with some added gum arabic (now exhibiting craquelure) on paper, laid down on card
Dimensions
Height: 24.5 cm
Width: 14.9 cm
Width: 14.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4020
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. Martin (?); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 9 June 1948; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 23 November 1948, for 100 shillings (as 'Portrait of Mr de Horsey'); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 17
p. 17
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down on card.
Collector's mark: Verso (backing card): lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso (backing card): upper centre, graphite: “Late Mr De Horsey”; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A. 15560.”; lower right, graphite: “By / Richard Dighton / JW”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto, lower right, graphite: “Richard Dighton / 1795 - 1880 / Mr de Horsey.”.
Collector's mark: Verso (backing card): lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso (backing card): upper centre, graphite: “Late Mr De Horsey”; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A. 15560.”; lower right, graphite: “By / Richard Dighton / JW”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto, lower right, graphite: “Richard Dighton / 1795 - 1880 / Mr de Horsey.”.
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