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The frail sisters

Maker

(artist)
1752-1812

Title

The frail sisters

Date of Production

1752 - 1812

Medium

pastels on laid paper prepared with a black wash, cut into a circle and laid down on card (shiny areas appear under torch but under microscope are not graphite); card is now laid down on modern paper support so unable to see verso

Dimensions

Diameter: 19.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4037

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

J. Leslie Wright (1862-1954); Spink & Son (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Drawings by Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1953

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 47

Drawings by Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1953
cat. no. 466

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as drawing is laid down; none evident in raking light.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Canvas backing (now removed, see photo): upper centre, graphite?: “8 / No Gold”; upper centre, graphite?, underlined: “H Morland”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “John Raphael Smith / 1740-1812 / "The frail sisters" / Engraved by J. Hogg.”.

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