Three-quarter length portrait of a lady
Maker
(artist)
1769-1825
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
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
Keywords
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
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).
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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