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Portrait of a young lady standing in a landscape

Maker

(artist)
1748-1832

Title

Portrait of a young lady standing in a landscape

Date of Production

(May) 1807

Medium

black and red chalk, watercolour on paper laid down on card

Dimensions

Height: 38 cm
Width: 23.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4355

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

B. Barnett (?); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 19 May 1949; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 13 March 1951, for £5; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Samuel de Wilde, c. 1751-1832: theatre in Georgian and Regency London, Northampton Museums and Art Gallery, 04/09/1971-02/10/1971

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 56

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: lower centre (only visible in raking light due to card support): "J LARKING" (see same mark in Heawood 3373 where it is accompanied by the date 1799).

Inscription: SDeWilde. May. 1807.

Inscription: No. 2

Inscription: Outside 23 1/8 x 17 5/8 / Square opening //

Inscription: A 16464

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

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