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Arguing couple with footman

Maker

Richard Newton (artist)
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

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

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).

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