Seated by the fireside
Maker
(artist)
1817-1864
1817-1864
Title
Seated by the fireside
Date of Production
1800 - 1899
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink on wove paper (now browned due to age/light exposure)
Dimensions
Height: 25.8 cm
Width: 20.3 cm
Width: 20.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4298
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
purchased by Colnaghi (London) between 16 and 19 May 1949 [based on inscribed inventory number]; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower left), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 32
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 22
p. 32
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 22
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, on remnant of former backing sheet, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink, signed with initials: "JL"; lower right corner, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A. 16460". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "John Leech / 1817-1864 / "The fireside" / signed J.L.".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, on remnant of former backing sheet, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink, signed with initials: "JL"; lower right corner, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A. 16460". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "John Leech / 1817-1864 / "The fireside" / signed J.L.".
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