Design for a mirror
Maker
(artist)
1736-1786
1736-1786
Title
Design for a mirror
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
red chalk, pen and grey ink (and one line in brown ink), grey wash on laid paper, with dark brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 35 cm
Width: 23.5 cm
Width: 23.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4215
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
Paul Prouté (Paris); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: Strasbourg lily.
Inscription: Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: lower right edge, graphite: “xo #5 Ranson c/ [...]”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: lower right edge, graphite: “xo #5 Ranson c/ [...]”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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