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Portrait sketch of a lady

Maker

(artist)
1776-1837

Title

Portrait sketch of a lady

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

graphite, watercolour on wove paper (now stained)

Dimensions

Height: 12 cm
Width: 9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4040

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

Joseph Farquharson, London and Aberdeen (1846-1935); Leonard G. Duke, London (1890-1971); Fine Art Society (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 13

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

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

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, graphite, not Constable's hand: "March 17th". Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: lower centre, grey ink, L.G. Duke's hand: "D130/ J. Constable R.A. 1776-1837 / Dated "March 17th" / This drawing is identical in manner with / Constable's little portrait studies in the British Museum / LGD."; lower centre, graphite: "Ex Coll: Dr J. Farquharson"; lower left corner, black ink, Witt number: "4040"; lower right corner, graphite: "#9". Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Verso: upper left, graphite, underlined: "5011".

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