Sheet of figures studies
Maker
(artist)
1734-1802
1734-1802
Title
Sheet of figures studies
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper, laid down on a paper support
Dimensions
Height: 19.8 cm
Width: 24.3 cm
Width: 24.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4353
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
J.E. Huxtable; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 13 July 1949, lot 36; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 13 March 1950 (£4, as 'English school c. 1780'); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 41
p. 41
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: an imperial crown above large monogram in Gothic letters - perhaps "GR" (see IMAF photos; no match found in Heawood).
Inscription: Recto: each figure identified underneath in graphite: upper left, graphite: "[illegible word] Parson", upper right, graphite: "Siddons", centre, partly erased: "Lord Mansfield", lower left, graphite: "Kemble", lower right, partly erased: "Pope Pius VI"; written in brown ink on separate paper adhered lower left below graphite Kemble: "Kemble". Separate paper, on former mount (removed, cut down and now in object file): black ink: "19.".
Label: Separate paper, glued on former mount (removed, cut down and now in object file): printed in ink (black): "231".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: each figure identified underneath in graphite: upper left, graphite: "[illegible word] Parson", upper right, graphite: "Siddons", centre, partly erased: "Lord Mansfield", lower left, graphite: "Kemble", lower right, partly erased: "Pope Pius VI"; written in brown ink on separate paper adhered lower left below graphite Kemble: "Kemble". Separate paper, on former mount (removed, cut down and now in object file): black ink: "19.".
Label: Separate paper, glued on former mount (removed, cut down and now in object file): printed in ink (black): "231".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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