Bust portrait of Anne Weston, wife of Horace St. Paul
Maker
(artist)
1750-1824
1750-1824
Title
Bust portrait of Anne Weston, wife of Horace St. Paul
Date of Production
1779
Medium
black chalk with stumping on wove paper, framed in black chalk, cut into an oval (with very ragged edges), laid down
Dimensions
Height: 21 cm
Width: 17.1 cm
Width: 17.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4462
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
E.M. Hodgkins, London (active 1892-1917); his sale, Christie's (London) 29 June 1917, lot 39 (with D.1952.RW.4461, as 'Portrait of Mrs Anne St. Paul'); purchased there by Gooden & Fox (London); Major-General James M.L. Renton (1898-1972); his sale, Christie's (London), 21 December 1950, lot 61; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) with D.1952.RW.4461, for £42; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 17
p. 17
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: right lower edge, black chalk, dated: “1779”; lower centre edge, outside of framing line, graphite: “10”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: right lower edge, black chalk, dated: “1779”; lower centre edge, outside of framing line, graphite: “10”.
Collector's mark: none.
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