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Young lady and youth dancing

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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".

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