Two men exchanging glances with four young ladies
Maker
Robert Richard Scanlan (artist)
1801-1876
1801-1876
Title
Two men exchanging glances with four young ladies
Date of Production
1800 - 1899
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour and bodycolour on dark brown wove paper; removed from but still mounted with former support
Dimensions
Height: 20.6 cm
Width: 27.9 cm
Width: 27.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4586
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
Spink & Son (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. 45
p. 45
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: none in the drawing sheet. Support (removed but hinged onto same mount), Verso: right lower edge, blindstamped: "David Cox / Dixons".
Inscription: Support (removed, see photo), Verso: left centre, graphite: ""The hen and her chicks" / by Scanlan / End RA 1837/59"; lower right corner, graphite, partially obscured by tape, accompanied by a sketch of a leaf (?): "O P [...]". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Scanlan / op 1837-1859".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Support (removed, see photo), Verso: left centre, graphite: ""The hen and her chicks" / by Scanlan / End RA 1837/59"; lower right corner, graphite, partially obscured by tape, accompanied by a sketch of a leaf (?): "O P [...]". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Scanlan / op 1837-1859".
Collector's mark: none.
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