Monkey
Maker
(artist)
1745-1806
1745-1806
Title
Monkey
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
traces of graphite, watercolour and bodycolour on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 54.9 cm
Width: 37.9 cm
Width: 37.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4470
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: shield above "L V G" (unable to see what shield contains as is obscured by bodycolour).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink: “6/45 / 2”. Verso: lower left corner, brown ink: “p”, “51” and “A male”; lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “4470”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink: “6/45 / 2”. Verso: lower left corner, brown ink: “p”, “51” and “A male”; lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “4470”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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