Man lying down watched over by a dog
Maker
(artist)
1763-1810
1763-1810
Title
Man lying down watched over by a dog
Date of Production
1700 - 1899
Medium
black chalk, pen and black ink, brown wash, white and grey bodycolour, on brown-prepared laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 28.3 cm
Width: 42.1 cm
Width: 42.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4378
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
unidentified collector, L.1529; Stevens & Graham (?); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower right corner, blindstamped: unidentified collector’s mark (L.1529). Mount (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown wash, underlined, signed by the artist: “chaudet.”. Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, graphite: “17[…]”. Mount (historic), Verso: lower left, graphite: “Woodburn Collection / Thurs / M //”; lower right corner, graphite: “4178 B/+”. Scrap from mount, removed and now in file, graphite, cut off at edges: “b. 17[…] / Sculptor + Painter / (from […] / £10/10/0 / From mount / Witt 4378 //”.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower right corner, blindstamped: unidentified collector’s mark (L.1529). Mount (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown wash, underlined, signed by the artist: “chaudet.”. Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, graphite: “17[…]”. Mount (historic), Verso: lower left, graphite: “Woodburn Collection / Thurs / M //”; lower right corner, graphite: “4178 B/+”. Scrap from mount, removed and now in file, graphite, cut off at edges: “b. 17[…] / Sculptor + Painter / (from […] / £10/10/0 / From mount / Witt 4378 //”.
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