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Young lady weeping

Maker

(artist)
1760-1809

Title

Young lady weeping

Medium

graphite and watercolour on laid paper, laid down on card support; the upper right corner has been clumsily replaced

Dimensions

Height: 25.7 cm
Width: 18.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4327

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

Squire Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 59

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: appears to be one at centre on figure's torso, but unable to discern due to support.

Inscription: Resolv'd never more to look into a Novel / nor again put faith in Man! //

Inscription: G.M. Woodward / Exh. from 1792 / 5466 AA //

Inscription: Verso (hidden under support, visible via transmitted light): centre, graphite: line of text illegible due to support.

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

Inscription: George Moutard Woodward / British c. 1760-1809 / The unhappy maiden //

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