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Horatio Nelson as a midshipman

Maker

(artist)
died 1776

Title

Horatio Nelson as a midshipman

Date of Production

(circa) 1774 - 1776

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour with some added gum arabic on card, with graphite framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 14.8 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4361

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 Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 18

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, right centre on mast, brown ink, described and dated: “HORATIO NELS / midshipman 1774”; lower right, brown ink, signed: “E Fane”; lower right edge, graphite: “#1”. Vers:, lower left edge, graphite, Witt number: “4361”. Mount (removed, cut down and in object file): graphite: “K. P.L. / # 1 / W.”.

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

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