Girl on a rocking horse, and a boy with a whip
Maker
Sarah Setchel (artist)
1803-1894
1803-1894
Title
Girl on a rocking horse, and a boy with a whip
Date of Production
(circa) 1840 - 1845
Medium
graphite, watercolour and bodycolour, with some gum arabic and scratching out, on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 49 cm
Width: 44.6 cm
Width: 44.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4325
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
rocking horses
Provenance
Squire Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 45
p. 45
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, graphite, signed by the artist?: “By Sarah Setchell” and in lower right corner, first word difficult to read: “Vida [?] / Roger”. Verso: lower right corner, graphite: “#9”. Mount (removed, now missing but recorded in file): “Sentimental Realism / The Rocking Horse”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, graphite, signed by the artist?: “By Sarah Setchell” and in lower right corner, first word difficult to read: “Vida [?] / Roger”. Verso: lower right corner, graphite: “#9”. Mount (removed, now missing but recorded in file): “Sentimental Realism / The Rocking Horse”.
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