Evading the broker's man
Maker
(artist)
1757-1827
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
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
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).
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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