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Portrait of Sir Robert Peel Bart. (1788-1850)

Maker

(artist)
1769-1830

Title

Portrait of Sir Robert Peel Bart. (1788-1850)

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 31 cm
Width: 19.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4408

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

possibly Richard Withington (? name inscribed on recto); Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower left); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Regency Exhibition, Brighton, 1951

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 31

Inscriptions

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

Inscription: Recto: upper centre, brown ink: "Richd. Withington"; lower centre (within drawing, across man's chest), graphite, described: "Rt.Honbl Sir Robert Peel Bart". Verso, centre, graphite: "18 3/8 x 13 1/8"; lower left, graphite: "£20.0.0". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left, graphite: "Exhibited Brighton 1951"; lower right, graphite: "Sir Thomas Lawrence P.R.A / 1769 - 1830 / Sir Robert Peel. Bart.".

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