Dinner party
Maker
(artist)
1757-1827
1757-1827
Title
Dinner party
Date of Production
1800 - 1899
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 12 cm
Width: 20.7 cm
Width: 20.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4157
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), 8 April 1949, lot 10; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 21 April 1949 (£20); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 43
p. 43
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: upper centre, graphite: "No 90"; upper right, graphite: "8/-". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Thomas Rowlandson / 1756-1827 / A dinner party. / (Doctor Syntax)".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: upper centre, graphite: "No 90"; upper right, graphite: "8/-". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Thomas Rowlandson / 1756-1827 / A dinner party. / (Doctor Syntax)".
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