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Bust portrait of a man - Mr Didsbury (recto)

Maker

James Ferguson (artist)
1710-1776

Title

Bust portrait of a man - Mr Didsbury (recto)

Date of Production

1725 - 1776

Medium

graphite and grey wash with oval brown ink framing lines (recto), graphite (verso) on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 14.2 cm
Width: 11 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4347

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

Hans M. Calmann, London (1899-1982); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 21 January 1946; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 13 March 1950 (£4); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 19

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, graphite: “Didsbury”; upper right corner, graphite: “by / Ferguson”. Mount (removed, cut down and in object file): graphite: “4347 / Ferguson. Portrait du poèle Didsbury”; brown ink: “James / born Banffshire (Astronomer) / 1710 – 1776”.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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