Design for a wardrobe
Maker
(artist)
1800-1899
1800-1899
Title
Design for a wardrobe
Date of Production
(circa) 1800
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper, executed using a ruler, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 33.5 cm
Width: 22.5 cm
Width: 22.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4250
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
wardrobes (case furniture)
Provenance
Paul Prouté (Paris); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, centre: “V D” [Vanderley?] .
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: left centre edge, grey ink: a scale running vertically, numbered from the bottom “1” to “10” and then by tens up to “50”. Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “4250”; lower right corner, graphite, second number erased: “#13 / 25 //”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: left centre edge, grey ink: a scale running vertically, numbered from the bottom “1” to “10” and then by tens up to “50”. Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “4250”; lower right corner, graphite, second number erased: “#13 / 25 //”.
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