Portrait of a young lady
Maker
(artist)
1713-1784
1713-1784
Title
Portrait of a young lady
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
black and white chalk on blue (now green on the reco) laid paper, all four corners cut
Dimensions
Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 15.7 cm
Width: 15.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4071
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
no. 141 in an unidentified auction (? see label mounted with the drawing); Thomas Agnew & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
unnumbered typescript - title was possibly 'A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections [as exhibited in 1964 at University of Sussex, Falmer]', Nottingham University, 1966
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 40
p. 40
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Label: Removed from verso of drawing and glued to current mount: printed in black - appears to be from an auction catalogue: "141. A. Ramsay. A Lady.".
Inscription: Support (removed, see photo), Verso: upper left, upside down, graphite, hard to read: "Overmt / #2". Outer Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Allan Ramsay / 1713 - 1784. / Ellis Waterhouse confirms attribution". Inner mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower centre, graphite: "8 1/2 x 5 5/8"; lower right, graphite, the second line abraded: "#2 / D 782 [?]".
Collector's mark: Removed and adhered to handling edges: stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Label: Removed from verso of drawing and glued to current mount: printed in black - appears to be from an auction catalogue: "141. A. Ramsay. A Lady.".
Inscription: Support (removed, see photo), Verso: upper left, upside down, graphite, hard to read: "Overmt / #2". Outer Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Allan Ramsay / 1713 - 1784. / Ellis Waterhouse confirms attribution". Inner mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower centre, graphite: "8 1/2 x 5 5/8"; lower right, graphite, the second line abraded: "#2 / D 782 [?]".
Collector's mark: Removed and adhered to handling edges: stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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