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Sheet of figure and head studies

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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).

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