Bacchanalian dance
Maker
(artist)
1740-1779
1740-1779
Title
Bacchanalian dance
Date of Production
(mid 1770s) 1774 - 1776
Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 32.5 cm
Width: 46.6 cm
Width: 46.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4345
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
F. Sabin; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 5 July 1937; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 20 February 1950 (£8); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972
John Hamilton Mortimer A.R.A. 1740-1779, London & England, 10/09/1968-03/10/1968
John Hamilton Mortimer A.R.A. 1740-1779, Eastbourne & England, 06/07/1968-03/09/1968
John Hamilton Mortimer A.R.A. 1740-1779, London & England, 10/09/1968-03/10/1968
John Hamilton Mortimer A.R.A. 1740-1779, Eastbourne & England, 06/07/1968-03/09/1968
Literature
Sunderland, John, John Hamilton Mortimer: his life and works, Walpole Society, 1986 (LII), 96.10
no. 157
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 35
no. 157
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 35
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, red ink, signed: "J Mortimer". Verso: centre, graphite, circled: "2".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, red ink, signed: "J Mortimer". Verso: centre, graphite, circled: "2".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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