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Thumbnail sketch of horse and rider

Maker

(artist)
1610-1664

Title

Thumbnail sketch of horse and rider

Medium

red chalk, pen and brown ink on laid paper, the upper edge made up and filled in with graphite

Dimensions

Height: 9.6 cm
Width: 10.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.424

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



thumbnail sketches

Provenance

William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney (1835-1909); by descent to his wife, Margaret Susan Mitford (1835-1919); her estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 14 December 1921, lot 4 (with 5 others, including D.1952.RW.420); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (5 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: lower right corner, graphite: “#8”.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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