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Village schoolmaster

Maker

(artist)
1786-1863

Title

Village schoolmaster

Date of Production

1786 - 1863

Medium

graphite, watercolour and bodycolour with small areas of scratching out on wove paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 16.5 cm
Width: 25.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4424

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

Squire Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (mount, now removed), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 36

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso (hidden under backing sheet, just visible via transmitted light): upper centre: “[two illegible words] / 18 1/8 x 10 ½”. Verso (backing sheet): lower right, graphite: "c/K"; lower left corner, graphite, William Bradford ‘s hand (Courtauld curator): “Mulready RW 4424”. Mount (removed, cut down and now in object file): graphite: "5785 W. Mulready"; graphite: "#3 / (RW) 4424".

Label: Removed, now in object file, printed in brown ink and typewritten in red: "SQUIRE GALLERY / Old & Modern Watercolours & Drawings / WELBECK 6027 / 12 BAKER STREET / PORTMAN SQUARE W1 / William Mulready,,R.A. (1786-1863).".

Collector's mark: Mount (removed, cut down and now in object file): stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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