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Design for an ink-stand set, or an emblem

Maker

(artist)
1700-1799

Title

Design for an ink-stand set, or an emblem

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

black chalk, grey wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 27.9 cm
Width: 42.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4429

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

Paul Prouté (Paris); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: letters – obstructed by the drawing; lower left: “R”.

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

Inscription: Recto: right lower edge, brown ink: Li[?].2.Ca.4.”; lower left corner, graphite: “14”. Verso: right lower edge, graphite: “204c”.

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