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Portrait of Benjamin Disraeli

Maker

Alfred William Gabriel, Comte d' Orsay (artist)
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

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

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.

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