An Easy Chair - man suffering from gout, resting by the fire-side
Maker
Richard Dagley (artist)
1765-1841
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
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
Keywords
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
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[...]
Collector's mark: none.
Watermark: Recto: lower left corner, cut off at left edge: J WHA[TMAN] / 182[...]
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