Two designs for a wall-bracket
Maker
(artist)
1700-1799
1700-1799
Title
Two designs for a wall-bracket
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
pen and grey ink, grey wash, executed using a ruler and compass, on laid paper, a vertical line in graphite drawn down the centre of the sheet, hinged at the left edge to a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 33.5 cm
Width: 20 cm
Width: 20 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4244
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
brackets (lighting devices)
Provenance
Paul Prouté (Paris); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: large fleur-de-lis.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: right upper edge, a rectangle drawn in graphite with dimensions: “26 ¼” wide by “10 ½” high; right centre edge, graphite: “30 pcrs”. Support (historic), Recto: upper left corner, graphite: “#3”; lower right, graphite, unclear: “Our [?]”; lower left corner, graphite: “4244”; lower centre edge, graphite: “^”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: right upper edge, a rectangle drawn in graphite with dimensions: “26 ¼” wide by “10 ½” high; right centre edge, graphite: “30 pcrs”. Support (historic), Recto: upper left corner, graphite: “#3”; lower right, graphite, unclear: “Our [?]”; lower left corner, graphite: “4244”; lower centre edge, graphite: “^”.
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