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Study for a portrait of a lady

Maker

(artist)
1750-1824

Title

Study for a portrait of a lady

Date of Production

1750 - 1824

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash and a touch of red watercolour on laid paper, laid down on a paper support

Dimensions

Height: 18.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4359

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

Sir Robert Cunliffe (1839-1905); Thomas Agnew & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£10.5); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 17

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, lower right: "H" or "II", formed with double lines? Difficult to see clearly as is laid down.

Collector's mark: Support, Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black:Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink, signed with initials: “JD.”; lower right corner, brown ink (difficult to say whether is inscription or part of drawing): "Hin" [?]. Support, Recto: upper right corner, brown ink: “17.”; lower centre, brown ink: “Design for a portrait”; lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “4359”; lower right corner, graphite: “#2-”, written over an erased “6”.

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