Portrait heads of three boys
Maker
(artist)
1759-1833
1759-1833
Title
Portrait heads of three boys
Date of Production
1829
Medium
graphite, grey ink, grey wash and watercolour on yellowed paper, laid down on card
Dimensions
Height: 12.6 cm
Width: 13.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4137.1
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
Christie's (London), 16 July 1919; purchased there by Oswald Magniac, London; by descent to Florence A. Magniac, London; her estate sale at Christie's (London), 25 March 1949, lot 118 (with D.1952.RW.4137.2); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£6); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
An Elegant Society: Adam Buck, Artist in the Age of Jane Austen, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 16/07/2015-04/10/2015
Literature
Darvall, Peter, A Regency Buck: Adam Buck (1759-1833), exh. cat., Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 2015.
pp. 76, 173
fig. 121 on p. 77
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 7
pp. 76, 173
fig. 121 on p. 77
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 7
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down.
Collector's mark: Mount (removed), Verso: lower left, stamped: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite, signed and dated by the artist: “Adam Buck 1829.“. Backing card, Verso: upper left, black chalk: “454 BP“; lower centre, graphite: “Sep 1829“; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number and price: “C/BH/- / A16313“; graphite, partly erased: “Ages / Years (?) Months / 2 / 6 / 8“. Mount (removed, cut down and in object file), black ink, Oswald Magniac’s hand, cut off at left edge: “[...]ter Colour drawing / [...]ortraits of / Adam Buck's / three children / by himself / (sd. + dated) / I bought this at Christie's / 16 July 1919 / O.M.“.
Label: Mount (removed, cut down, now in object file): cut off so only first letters visible, first line printed in black, the rest in graphite: "G. / R / W".
Collector's mark: Mount (removed), Verso: lower left, stamped: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite, signed and dated by the artist: “Adam Buck 1829.“. Backing card, Verso: upper left, black chalk: “454 BP“; lower centre, graphite: “Sep 1829“; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number and price: “C/BH/- / A16313“; graphite, partly erased: “Ages / Years (?) Months / 2 / 6 / 8“. Mount (removed, cut down and in object file), black ink, Oswald Magniac’s hand, cut off at left edge: “[...]ter Colour drawing / [...]ortraits of / Adam Buck's / three children / by himself / (sd. + dated) / I bought this at Christie's / 16 July 1919 / O.M.“.
Label: Mount (removed, cut down, now in object file): cut off so only first letters visible, first line printed in black, the rest in graphite: "G. / R / W".
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