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Miniature portrait of a lady

Maker

(artist)
1746-1814

Title

Miniature portrait of a lady

Medium

graphite and brown wash on laid paper, with red pigment applied on the verso (visible via transmitted light) showing through as lightly rosy cheeks and lips; cut along sillhouette and laid down on oval support, all laid down on a historic support; some adhesive has transferred to the edges of the silhouette and appears yellow

Dimensions

Height: 10.4 cm
Width: 5.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4324.1

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

Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 54

Inscriptions

Inscription: #1 / E. Vaughan. / Exhibited 1772-1814 //

Inscription: 27

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

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