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
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
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
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”.
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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