Milkmaid and man holding hands (recto)
Maker
David Allan (artist)
1744-1796
1744-1796
Title
Milkmaid and man holding hands (recto)
Date of Production
1796
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash, framed in an oval (recto), graphite, pen and grey and brown inks, grey wash, framed in a semi-circle and with a pentagram written over the pictorial area (verso) on laid paper, hinged at the upper edge to a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 15.1 cm
Width: 23.7 cm
Width: 23.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4563
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
O. Linda; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 28 April 1951; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 26 November 1951 (£5); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 3
p. 3
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, lower left corner, fragment of a Strasburg lily above a filigree "W" (a Whatman mark).
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left, pen and grey ink, artist's hand: "Tutor my Parents wi' caution / be Wylie in ilka motion;"; upper right, pen and grey ink, artist's hand: "Brag weel o ye'r land - / - & thers my leal hand. / Win them, Ill be al your devotion."; written vertically down left edge, pen and grey ink: "My mithers ay glouring oer me."; lower left, graphite: "By D. Allan / 1796". Verso: upper centre edge, pen and grey ink, artist's hand, nearly obscured by residue from old hinge: "Andro and his bully gun"; upper left, graphite: "8481"; upper right, graphite: "14 x 12 / 1".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left, pen and grey ink, artist's hand: "Tutor my Parents wi' caution / be Wylie in ilka motion;"; upper right, pen and grey ink, artist's hand: "Brag weel o ye'r land - / - & thers my leal hand. / Win them, Ill be al your devotion."; written vertically down left edge, pen and grey ink: "My mithers ay glouring oer me."; lower left, graphite: "By D. Allan / 1796". Verso: upper centre edge, pen and grey ink, artist's hand, nearly obscured by residue from old hinge: "Andro and his bully gun"; upper left, graphite: "8481"; upper right, graphite: "14 x 12 / 1".
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