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Evading the broker's man

Maker

(artist)
1757-1827

Title

Evading the broker's man

Date of Production

after 1809

Medium

graphite, pen and brown and grey ink, watercolour on laid paper, laid down on a historic paper support

Dimensions

Height: 26.3 cm
Width: 20.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4093

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

Edward Speelman (London); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 9 February 1949; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 15 February 1949, for £20, as 'A Moving Scene'; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Cartoonists of the British School, East Kent and Folkestone Arts Centre, Folkestone, UK, 16/03/1968-20/04/1968

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 43

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, upper left: “1809”. Support (historic), Verso: lower left: “IV”.

Inscription: none.

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

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