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Three-quarter length portrait of a lady

Maker

(artist)
1769-1825

Title

Three-quarter length portrait of a lady

Date of Production

1769 - 1825

Medium

graphite and black wash on blue paper laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 22.4 cm
Width: 16.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4578

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

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Provenance

Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d., for £5; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 37

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down on thick mount.

Inscription: Recto: lower left (within drawing), graphite, hard to read b/c of dark paper: "HE Ow 14.20". Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, erased: "[...]right"; lower right, graphite: "William Owen R.A. / British 1769-1825 / Signed? W.O. 1814 / W. Owen"; lower right corner, graphite: "Wm. Owen"; lower right corner, graphite: "T".

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

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