Reclining figure of a young man
Maker
(artist)
1753-1827
1753-1827
Title
Reclining figure of a young man
Date of Production
1753 - 1827
Medium
graphite, grey wash on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 6.7 cm
Width: 10.9 cm
Width: 10.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4547.2
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
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), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 5
p. 5
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto: vertically along right edge, cut off: [...]TMAN / [illegible]" (as in J. Whatman, likely a date below but cut off).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite: "G H B".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite: "G H B".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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