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Two men exchanging glances with four young ladies

Maker

Robert Richard Scanlan (artist)
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

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

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.

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