Young lady and youth dancing
Maker
(artist)
1741-1825
1741-1825
Title
Young lady and youth dancing
Date of Production
1756 - 1825
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash and watercolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 30.4 cm
Width: 17.9 cm
Width: 17.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4156
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
S. Gould; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 10 March 1949; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 21 April 1949, for £7; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 16
p. 16
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, graphite: "18882". Verso: upper left corner, graphite, circled: "16"; lower centre edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A. 16278". Mount (removed, now in object file): graphite and the "9" added in green crayon, Colnaghi's notations: "9 / A 16278 / C/L/- / £9/9/- / 4156, George Dance".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, graphite: "18882". Verso: upper left corner, graphite, circled: "16"; lower centre edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A. 16278". Mount (removed, now in object file): graphite and the "9" added in green crayon, Colnaghi's notations: "9 / A 16278 / C/L/- / £9/9/- / 4156, George Dance".
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