Pigeon
Maker
(artist)
1745-1806
1745-1806
Title
Pigeon
Date of Production
1759
Medium
traces of graphite, watercolour and bodycolour on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 55 cm
Width: 37.8 cm
Width: 37.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4469
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
Spink & Son (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 37
p. 37
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: Strasburg lily.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower left corner, grey wash, signed and dated by the artist: “p paillou 1759 [or 1754?]”; lower right, graphite: "2 16114"; lower left corner of sheet, brown ink: “5/52 / 2”; lower right corner, graphite: “#1”. Verso: lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “4469 Peter Paillou A Pigeon”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower left corner, grey wash, signed and dated by the artist: “p paillou 1759 [or 1754?]”; lower right, graphite: "2 16114"; lower left corner of sheet, brown ink: “5/52 / 2”; lower right corner, graphite: “#1”. Verso: lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “4469 Peter Paillou A Pigeon”.
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