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Young girl and child

Maker

(artist)
1800-1886

Title

Date of Production

(circa?) 1846 - 1860

Medium

black and red chalk with stumping and some (accidental?) white bodycolour on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 33.1 cm
Width: 20.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4357

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

Label Text

Thomas Webster’s scenes of rural childhood were admired for their simple and unaffected character. With its strong outlines and schematized treatment of the garments, the artist places emphasis on the drawing’s design, enlivening the skin with touches of dampened red chalk. The finished appearance of the drawing, and the fact that Webster gave it to a friend, would suggest that, even if it was a study for an unknown painting, the artist valued the drawing as independent work.

Provenance

Dr. Walker Lewis; E. Kersley, London; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 31 October 1949; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 13 March 1950, for £4; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Life, Legend, Landscape - Victorian Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 17/02/2011-15/05/2011

Literature

Life, Legend, Landscape: Victorian Drawings & Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, 2011
no. 11 and pp. 37-38
ill. on p. 68

Life, Legend, Landscape - Victorian Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, 2011
cat. no. 11
ill. on p. 68

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 55

Inscriptions

Inscription: From T. Webster to his / friend Dr. Walker Lewis. //

Inscription: A16826

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

Inscription: A PIR[...] / 1[...] (not found in Heawood).

Inscription: Thomas Webster / 1800-1886 / with inscription from the artist. / T.O. //

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