Portrait of the actor Thomas King (1730-1805)
Maker
(artist)
1739-1813
1739-1813
Title
Portrait of the actor Thomas King (1730-1805)
Date of Production
1769
Medium
graphite on brown-toned laid paper, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 35 cm
Width: 26.1 cm
Width: 26.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4344
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 Brinsley Ford (1908-1999); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 20 February 1950; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 20 February 1950 (£15); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Shakespeare in Pictures, Ulster Museum, Belfast, 1964
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 24
p. 24
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: upper centre edge: appears to be a Vryheyt mark but unable to see clearly as is laid down.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, signed and dated: "V. Green, del. / 1769.". Verso: lower right, graphite, circled: "E.48.".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, signed and dated: "V. Green, del. / 1769.". Verso: lower right, graphite, circled: "E.48.".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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