Miniature portrait of a gentleman
Maker
(artist)
1746-1814
1746-1814
Title
Miniature portrait of a gentleman
Medium
black chalk with stumping, pen and black ink, watercolour and bodycolour on paper cut into oval, with a thick border of black ink, laid down on a historic secondary support; evident via transmitted light that red pigment was applied to the verso in areas such as the cheeks, intended to show through to the recto, though it does not
Dimensions
Height: 11.9 cm
Width: 9.6 cm
Width: 9.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4324.2
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
p. 54
Inscriptions
Inscription: #1A / by E. Vaughan / Exhibited 1772 - 1814 //
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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