Bust portrait of a man - Mr Didsbury (recto)
Maker
James Ferguson (artist)
1710-1776
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
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
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).
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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