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Military execution being halted (?)

Maker

(artist)
1726-1801

Title

Military execution being halted (?)

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

graphite, pen and grey, red and blue ink, watercolour on laid paper, with grey ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 18.3 cm
Width: 15.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4379

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

Robert Offley Ashburton Milnes, Earl of Crewe (1858-1945); Stevens & Graham (?); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£5); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Verso: centre, graphite: “French / (attributed to) CHODOWIECKI / (1726-1801) / Arrest + Execution of a Spy / (a pair) / From the Collection of the / Rt Honble Earl of Crewe - / (Where the subject was said / to be Major André, but he was hung) //”; right centre, graphite: “2664”; right lower edge, graphite: “#4”.

Collector's mark: Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Verso: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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