Full-length portrait of a man
Maker
(artist)
1759-1833
1759-1833
Title
Full-length portrait of a man
Date of Production
1759 - 1833
Medium
graphite, watercolour, bodycolour on paper laid down on card
Dimensions
Height: 25.9 cm
Width: 21 cm
Width: 21 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4137.2
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.4137.1); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, for £6; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 7
p. 7
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down.
Collector's mark: Backing card, Verso: lower left, stamped: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, signed by the artist, AB in monogram: "Abuck". Backing card, Verso: centre, graphite: "10 . 8"; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number and price: "A16314 C/BH". Mount (removed, cut down and now in object file): black ink, Oswald Magniac's hand: "Water Colour / drawing / Portrait of / Adam Buck / by himself / (signed) / I bought this / at Christie's / 16. July 1919 O.M.".
Collector's mark: Backing card, Verso: lower left, stamped: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, signed by the artist, AB in monogram: "Abuck". Backing card, Verso: centre, graphite: "10 . 8"; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number and price: "A16314 C/BH". Mount (removed, cut down and now in object file): black ink, Oswald Magniac's hand: "Water Colour / drawing / Portrait of / Adam Buck / by himself / (signed) / I bought this / at Christie's / 16. July 1919 O.M.".
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