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Caricature of a connoisseur

Maker

(artist)
1753-1827

Title

Caricature of a connoisseur

Date of Production

1753 - 1827

Medium

graphite on laid paper, laid down on support

Dimensions

Height: 9.9 cm
Width: 8.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4547.1

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

connoisseurship

Provenance

by descent to Margaret, Lady Beaumont (ca. 1766-1829); given by her to Elizabeth Susan Percy (1782-1847), 1827; Leonard G. Duke, London (1890-1971); purchased from him 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. 5

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: likely at lower centre, but unable to see clearly due to support.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite, signed by the artist, GHB in monogram: "GHBeaumont". Verso: lower centre, graphite, L.G. Duke's hand: "D1431 / Sir George Beaumont 1753-1827 / LGD".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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