Catching a little Tartar
Maker
(artist)
1804-1872
1804-1872
Title
Catching a little Tartar
Date of Production
1873
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, watercolour on laid paper prepared with a blue wash
Dimensions
Height: 12.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4556
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
Squire Gallery (London); purchased there 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. 15
p. 15
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: upper left corner, fragment of a leaf as of a fleur-de-lis.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, grey ink: "2 / 9 / 2-3 / 2 / 2 3 "; lower left of centre, grey ink: "2-6 12 / 1-2 / 3 6". Verso: across upper 2/3 of sheet, grey ink, artist's hand: "Catching a little Tartar / "So you don't care about donkey-riding Missy. And Why / "Oh I've got a Pony, and ['after' crossed out] one doesn't care about / donkeys after that you know." / ['Oh, I He as a donkey' scratched out] Has a poney got more legs than a donk / Ms Joy (who doesn't like being chaffed). Yes exactly twice / as many as some donkeys that I know of!"; lower centre, graphite: "5151 G N. Crowquill".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, grey ink: "2 / 9 / 2-3 / 2 / 2 3 "; lower left of centre, grey ink: "2-6 12 / 1-2 / 3 6". Verso: across upper 2/3 of sheet, grey ink, artist's hand: "Catching a little Tartar / "So you don't care about donkey-riding Missy. And Why / "Oh I've got a Pony, and ['after' crossed out] one doesn't care about / donkeys after that you know." / ['Oh, I He as a donkey' scratched out] Has a poney got more legs than a donk / Ms Joy (who doesn't like being chaffed). Yes exactly twice / as many as some donkeys that I know of!"; lower centre, graphite: "5151 G N. Crowquill".
Collector's mark: none.
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