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Bearded man seated under a rock

Maker

(artist)
1755-1826

Title

Date of Production

(circa) 1787 - 1794

Medium

pen and grey ink and grey wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 14 cm
Width: 11.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.473

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

Thomas Woolner (1825-1892); purchased from his heirs? by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (6 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952 Note in the file says Witt purchased this group of Flaxman drawings (D.1952.RW.467, 471 and 473-478) from Woolner; on Modes he was identified as Thomas Woolner, although his death in 1892 would make this a very early purchase for Witt, as we otherwise only have records of him purchasing from the early 1920s. Woolner had two sons, only one of whom survived childhood, named Hugh - could Witt have purchased this drawing from him? A drawing in the BM (1954,0610.16) is listed as belonging to Thomas Woolner’s daughters, and D.2007.DS.41 was purchased from a ‘Mrs Woolner’ by Agnew’s in 1908.

Exhibition History

John Flaxman: mythologie und industrie, Hamburger Kunsthalle; Copenhagen; Royal Academy, 1979

Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972

An exhibition of English drawings and water colors from British collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 18/02/1962-01/04/1962

Literature

John Flaxman: mythologie und industrie, Hamburger Kunsthalle; Copenhagen; Royal Academy, 1979
cat. no. 91
Illus. repr.

John Flaxman: Mythologie und Industrie, Royal Academy, 1979
p. 83

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 19

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, upper right, cut off: "ZOO" [as in ZOONEN].

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: none.

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