Head of a horse
Maker
(artist)
1803-1878
1803-1878
Title
Head of a horse
Date of Production
1818 - 1878
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink (with a very wide nib) on wove paper; three edges of the paper had been folded back at one point
Dimensions
Height: 32.1 cm
Width: 22.1 cm
Width: 22.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4466
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
Squire Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£7); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 24
p. 24
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite: "5944 / Sir Francis Grant".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite: "5944 / Sir Francis Grant".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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