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Portrait of the actor Thomas King (1730-1805)

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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).

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