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Jupiter and a nymph

Maker

(artist)
1757-1827

Title

Jupiter and a nymph

Date of Production

1757 - 1827

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour on wove paper laid down on card, hinged at the upper edge to a paper support

Dimensions

Height: 22.2 cm
Width: 17.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4024

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

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Provenance

Beaux Arts Galleries (London); acquired (in exchange) by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 43

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: none visible in the drawing sheet in raking light, unable to check further due to card support. Support (historic), Recto: upper right corner, blindstamped: "Drawing / David Cox / Dixons".

Inscription: Verso: upper right edge, graphite, abraded: "1570 / 15"; lower right of centre, graphite: "xcon"; lower left, graphite, Witt number: "4024"; lower right corner, graphite: "#3 / open 11". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Thomas Rowlandson / 1756-1827 / Jupiter & Nymph.".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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