Military execution being halted (?)
Maker
(artist)
1726-1801
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
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).
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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