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Hunter

Maker

William Barraud (artist)
1810-1850

Title

Hunter

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

graphite, watercolour with gum arabic on yellowed wove paper, incised for transfer, with remnants of a canvas backing on the verso

Dimensions

Height: 25.7 cm
Width: 35.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4104

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

E. Kersley, London; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 27 January 1949; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 22 February 1949, for £5; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, American Federation of the Arts, Washington, D.C. and nine cities in the USA, 1951

Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 4

Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 4

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, lower right corner, cut off: “J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL”.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, right centre edge on fence post, graphite, signed by the artist: "Wm. Barraud, / Fec:". Verso: lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A16106".

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