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Portrait of a man in peer's robes

Maker

(artist)
1754-1808

Title

Portrait of a man in peer's robes

Date of Production

1790

Medium

graphite and watercolour on laid paper, laid down on a paper support; on verso a sketch is visible via transmitted light, probably graphite, of a partial figure and arm

Dimensions

Height: 20.2 cm
Width: 15.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4405

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

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Provenance

Martin Wronker; his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 24 May 1950, lot 14 (along with D.1952.RW.4406, 4407 and 5 others); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower left) (£4); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 46

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: none visible in drawing sheet. Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, fragment: top of a crown of a Strasburg lily.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, grey ink over graphite, signed and dated: “S Shelley 1790”. Verso: upper centre, graphite: “13 3/4 x 12”; centre, graphite: “S. SHELLEY / very rare?!.”. Support (historic), Verso: upper left, graphite: “BC/20-/-/”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Samuel Shelley / 1750-1808 / signed + dated. 1790”.

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

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