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Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) seated at a table

Maker

(artist)
1806-1870

Title

Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) seated at a table

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

traces of graphite, pen and brown ink on wove paper, laid down on a historic mount (though right edge is lifting)

Dimensions

Height: 17.9 cm
Width: 13 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4460

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

Sir William Drake, London and Weybridge (1817-1890), L.736 (lower left); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 24-25 May 1892, lot 906 (with 7 others; catalogue on Brill not annotated with buyers' names); Mrs Nelson, London Road, Reading; purchased from her by Colnaghi (London), 11 December 1950; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (mount, lower left), 12 December 1950 (£7); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 33

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none visible in raking light, unable to check with transmitted light as is laid down on mount.

Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink: the loop of an ascender is visible but an inscription has been otherwise completely cut off. Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, graphite: "Harriet Martineau". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Daniel Maclise. R.A. / 1806-1870 / Portrait of Harriet Martineau. / (the writer, 1802-1876) / Coll. of Sir W Drake".

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir William Drake (L.736). Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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