Foxhunting scene: 'Going out of kennel'
Maker
(artist)
1785-1851
Formerly attributed to
Samuel, Jr. Alken (artist)
1784-1825
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
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
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.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: none.
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