Portrait of Sir Robert Peel Bart. (1788-1850)
Maker
(artist)
1769-1830
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
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
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.".
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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