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Study for 'David Simple' - the Lovely Cynthia and the Rest of the Company Joined in entreating the Man to see his Wife better (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1766-1839

Title

Study for 'David Simple' - the Lovely Cynthia and the Rest of the Company Joined in entreating the Man to see his Wife better (recto)

Date of Production

1766 - 1839

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, black and brown wash (recto), graphite (verso) on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 26.8 cm
Width: 37.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4179

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

Leo Schidlof, London (1886-1966); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 10 March 1949; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 27 April 1949 (£23); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 46

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: verso, upper centre edge: "J WHATMAN".

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, dark brown ink, signed?: “Singleton”. Verso: right upper edge, graphite, cut off and hard to read: “new t[...] mt / 994”; lower right, graphite, hard to read: “[first line illegible] / 32580 [underline] / M[...] t[...]t Mt / 17 1/2 x 13 1/8 St-“; lower left, graphite: “x / o”.

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