The frail sisters
Maker
(artist)
1752-1812
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
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.”.
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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