Arguing couple with footman
Maker
Richard Newton (artist)
1777-1798
1777-1798
Title
Arguing couple with footman
Date of Production
1794
Medium
graphite, pen and black ink and watercolour on wove paper, laid down on card
Dimensions
Height: 12.7 cm
Width: 17.3 cm
Width: 17.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4511
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
Debates
Butlers
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. 36
p. 36
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, graphite: "7". Support (historic), Recto: lower centre, black ink: "To repair a shatter'd fortune marries an extravagant wife."; lower right corner, graphite: "1/". Support (historic), Verso: right centre, graphite: "11 Drawings by / Newton / cul@ RI/-/-". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Richard Newton / 1777 - 1798".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, graphite: "7". Support (historic), Recto: lower centre, black ink: "To repair a shatter'd fortune marries an extravagant wife."; lower right corner, graphite: "1/". Support (historic), Verso: right centre, graphite: "11 Drawings by / Newton / cul@ RI/-/-". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Richard Newton / 1777 - 1798".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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