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Foxhunting scene: 'Going out of kennel'

Maker

(artist)
1785-1851

Formerly attributed to
Samuel, Jr. Alken (artist)
1784-1825

Title

Foxhunting scene: 'Going out of kennel'

Date of Production

(circa) 1809 - 1819

Medium

black chalk, moistened in areas, traces of graphite, and watercolour on wove paper, with brittle edges that are discoloured brown, with paper support around the verso edges (examined under microscope)

Dimensions

Height: 29.6 cm
Width: 41.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4041

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

Ellis and Smith (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£10); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 3
as Samuel Alken, with erroneous number 4051

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

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

Inscription: none.

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