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Children playing pick-a-back

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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.

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