Hunter
Maker
William Barraud (artist)
1810-1850
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
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
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
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".
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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