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An Easy Chair - man suffering from gout, resting by the fire-side

Maker

Richard Dagley (artist)
1765-1841

Title

An Easy Chair - man suffering from gout, resting by the fire-side

Date of Production

after 1820

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink on wove paper, all four corners cut

Dimensions

Height: 9.8 cm
Width: 13.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4545

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

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Notes

The watermark is dated in the 1820s.

Provenance

Leonard G. Duke, London (1890-1971); purchased from him 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. 16

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: upper right, graphite: "10"; on book at left (within drawing), brown ink: "Kitchens"; on right-hand book (within drawing), brown ink: "The / Cooks / Oracle"; lower centre, graphite: "An Easy Chair". Verso: centre, graphite: "2"; lower right, graphite, Witt number: "4545"; lower right corner, graphite, unclear: "W / L [?]".

Collector's mark: none.

Watermark: Recto: lower left corner, cut off at left edge: J WHA[TMAN] / 182[...]

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