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Sheet of figures studies

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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

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).

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