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Gentleman with a Quizzing Glass

Maker

(artist)
1758-1836

Title

Gentleman with a Quizzing Glass

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, laid down on historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 34.9 cm
Width: 21.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4257

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

E. Martin; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 10 August 1949; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 29 October 1949 (£20); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: centre, visible only in raking light: a fleur-de-lis in a narrow crowned shield, ending in scrollwork.

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

Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink, signed by the artist, underlined: “Carle Vernet”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left, graphite: “By Vernet”; lower left corner, graphite, Colnaghi number and price: “A 16724 / D/2/-“. Scrap of paper in file, presumably removed from a former mount: graphite, Colnaghi number and price: “A 16724 / D/2/- [this line crossed out] / TO/-/- / £25”.

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