Portrait of Benjamin Disraeli
Maker
Alfred William Gabriel, Comte d' Orsay (artist)
1801-1852
1801-1852
Title
Portrait of Benjamin Disraeli
Date of Production
(8 October) 1848
Medium
graphite with stumping on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 29.4 cm
Width: 22.8 cm
Width: 22.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4341
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 Thomas Phillips (1792-1872); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 13 February 1950, lot 216; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 16 February 1950 (£30); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 37
p. 37
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink, described, underlined with wavy line: "B Disraeli"; lower right, graphite, signed, dated and located: "D'Orsay fecit / 8 oct 1848 / Gore House". Verso: lower right corner, graphite, Colnaghi number: "reserved for Sir R Witt / A 17196". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Alfred William Gabriel, Comte d'Orsay / French. 1798/1801 - 1852 / Benjamin Disraeli. (at the age of 44) / Signed D'Orsay fecit. 8 Oct. 1848. Gore House. Autographed. / Sir T. Phillips Coll.".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink, described, underlined with wavy line: "B Disraeli"; lower right, graphite, signed, dated and located: "D'Orsay fecit / 8 oct 1848 / Gore House". Verso: lower right corner, graphite, Colnaghi number: "reserved for Sir R Witt / A 17196". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Alfred William Gabriel, Comte d'Orsay / French. 1798/1801 - 1852 / Benjamin Disraeli. (at the age of 44) / Signed D'Orsay fecit. 8 Oct. 1848. Gore House. Autographed. / Sir T. Phillips Coll.".
Collector's mark: none.
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