A Neapolitan Ambassador - Prince Castelcicala (1763-1832) and Miss Ellis Cornelia Knight (1758-1837)
Maker
(artist)
1757-1827
1757-1827
Title
A Neapolitan Ambassador - Prince Castelcicala (1763-1832) and Miss Ellis Cornelia Knight (1758-1837)
Date of Production
1816
Dimensions
Height: 11.5 cm
Width: 18.6 cm
Width: 18.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4044
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
arched harps
Provenance
Ellis and Smith (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
catalogue untraced, Forty Hall, Enfield, 1970
Literature
Hayes, John, Rowlandson: Watercolours and Drawings, London, 1972
ill. 29
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 43
ill. 29
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 43
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Support, recto, upper right edge, the numbers doubled (must be two sheets layered on top of each other): "1815".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink, titled: "A Neapolitan Ambassador"; lower right edge, brown ink, signed and dated: "Rowlandson 1816". Support (historic), Recto: lower right corner, graphite, underlined: "x". Support (historic), Verso: upper centre, graphite: "fish [?] border / clip to mark / 2 1/2" remount all around"; lower centre, graphite: "Lady Hamilton + Mrs Crewe"; lower right, graphite: "28". Outer mount (removed, see photo), Recto: "Illustrated in colour in Falk's Rowlandson"; lower right, graphite: "Thomas Rowlandson / 1756-1827 / Lady Hamilton at home. / Signed & dated. 1816.". Inner mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right corner, graphite: "#6".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink, titled: "A Neapolitan Ambassador"; lower right edge, brown ink, signed and dated: "Rowlandson 1816". Support (historic), Recto: lower right corner, graphite, underlined: "x". Support (historic), Verso: upper centre, graphite: "fish [?] border / clip to mark / 2 1/2" remount all around"; lower centre, graphite: "Lady Hamilton + Mrs Crewe"; lower right, graphite: "28". Outer mount (removed, see photo), Recto: "Illustrated in colour in Falk's Rowlandson"; lower right, graphite: "Thomas Rowlandson / 1756-1827 / Lady Hamilton at home. / Signed & dated. 1816.". Inner mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right corner, graphite: "#6".
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