Children playing pick-a-back
Maker
(artist)
1780-1860
1780-1860
Title
Children playing pick-a-back
Date of Production
after 1826
Medium
graphite, watercolour and bodycolour with scratching out on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 25.7 cm
Width: 32.8 cm
Width: 32.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4474
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
Notes
The watermark is dated 1826.
Provenance
Walker Galleries (London); purchased from there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest, 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 9
p. 9
Inscriptions
Watermark: Verso, lower left edge, cut off: "J WHATM[...] / TURKEY M[...] / 1826".
Inscription: Mount (removed): "Pick-a-back / A E Chalon ns (?) / 1780-1860".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Mount (removed): "Pick-a-back / A E Chalon ns (?) / 1780-1860".
Collector's mark: none.
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