Sheet of figure and head studies
Maker
(artist)
1728-1784
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1697-1764
1728-1784
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1697-1764
Title
Sheet of figure and head studies
Date of Production
1769
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink on laid paper, laid down by the artist, with brown ink framing lines; an irregular section excised from lower centre edge
Dimensions
Height: 20.7 cm
Width: 20.3 cm
Width: 20.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4224
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
J. van Rijmsdijk, Bristol (c. 1770), L.2167 (lower right); Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower left); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Tonkovich, Jennifer, 'Jan van Rymsdyk and his "Museum" in Master Drawings, 60, 4, Winter 2022, pp. 467-500.
pp. 474, 480
fig. 15
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 19
Binyon, Laurence, English water-colours, London 1933
p. 17
pp. 474, 480
fig. 15
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 19
Binyon, Laurence, English water-colours, London 1933
p. 17
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: lower centre: circle, unable to identify what it contains.
Backing sheet: left centre edge: unable to see clearly enough to identify.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink, crossed out in the middle with brown ink: "Wm. Hogarth". Verso (backing sheet): lower right corner, brown ink, signed and dated: "Theods Forrest / 1769". Mount (removed): Verso: lower right, graphite: "Collection of Theodosius Forrest"
Label: Old mount (now kept separately from the file, in portfolio in P&D): handwritten in pencil and ink: upper right, inverted: "#1"; lower right: "T.O. / signed at the back Theods Forrest.1769"; "Theo, son of Ebenezer Forest (Hogarths Friend) born 1728-d 1784 / see p.17 English Watercolours. L. Binyon".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right (within drawing), written in brown ink: J. van Rijmsdijk (L.2167). Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink, crossed out in the middle with brown ink: "Wm. Hogarth". Verso (backing sheet): lower right corner, brown ink, signed and dated: "Theods Forrest / 1769". Mount (removed): Verso: lower right, graphite: "Collection of Theodosius Forrest"
Label: Old mount (now kept separately from the file, in portfolio in P&D): handwritten in pencil and ink: upper right, inverted: "#1"; lower right: "T.O. / signed at the back Theods Forrest.1769"; "Theo, son of Ebenezer Forest (Hogarths Friend) born 1728-d 1784 / see p.17 English Watercolours. L. Binyon".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right (within drawing), written in brown ink: J. van Rijmsdijk (L.2167). Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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