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Revellers in a mock funeral procession

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

Title

Revellers in a mock funeral procession

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

pen and brown ink, watercolour, bodycolour on brown-prepared laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 24.5 cm
Width: 64.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4283

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

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Provenance

Lionel Lucas, London (1822-1862), L.1733a; by descent to his nephew, Claude Lucas; his sale, Christie's (London), 9 December 1949, lot 51 (with three others); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£4); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 134

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso (backing card): right centre edge, graphite, crossed through: "open"; lower left, graphite, Witt number: "4283".

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Lionel Lucas (L.1733a). Verso (backing card): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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