Portrait head of Benjamin Robert Haydon
Maker
(artist)
1787-1819
1787-1819
Title
Portrait head of Benjamin Robert Haydon
Date of Production
1816
Medium
black and red chalk on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 22.7 cm
Width: 18 cm
Width: 18 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.548
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
F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£4.25); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
British Portraits, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1956-7
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Exhibition of the works of some neglected English masters, c.1750-c.1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1932
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Exhibition of the works of some neglected English masters, c.1750-c.1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1932
Literature
British Portraits, Royal Academy, London, 1956-57
no. 694
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 25
George, Eric Beardsworth, The life and death of Benjamin Robert Haydon, London, 1948
Illus. frontispiece ...More
Huxley, Aldous, The olive tree, and other essays, London, 1936
pp. 239, 242
Exhibition of the works of some neglected English masters, c.1750-c.1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1932
cat. no. 132
Illus. repr.
Holmes, Charles, 'Neglected English masters' [Reivew of the Burlington Fine Arts Club exhibition] in 'The Burlington Magazine', Jun. 1932 - pp. 300-03 and 306-07; 60, 351
p. 302
Huxley, Aldous, The autobiography and memoirs of Benjamin Robert Haydon, London, 1926
in Introduction
Illus. repr. ...Less
no. 694
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 25
George, Eric Beardsworth, The life and death of Benjamin Robert Haydon, London, 1948
Illus. frontispiece ...More
Huxley, Aldous, The olive tree, and other essays, London, 1936
pp. 239, 242
Exhibition of the works of some neglected English masters, c.1750-c.1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1932
cat. no. 132
Illus. repr.
Holmes, Charles, 'Neglected English masters' [Reivew of the Burlington Fine Arts Club exhibition] in 'The Burlington Magazine', Jun. 1932 - pp. 300-03 and 306-07; 60, 351
p. 302
Huxley, Aldous, The autobiography and memoirs of Benjamin Robert Haydon, London, 1926
in Introduction
Illus. repr. ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Verso, left: "J BUDGEN / 1813".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, black chalk, signed and dated: "BR Haydon 1816"; lower right, black chalk: "GHH". Verso: upper centre, graphite: "54"; lower left, graphite: "548. Repr. as frontis. to / "The Autob. of B.R. Haydon / 1926 Pub P. Davies London. Rd. A. Auxley / Exh. BM FAC. 1932"; lower right, graphite, circled: "21"; lower right, graphite: "173". Mount (removed, cut down and now in object file): graphite: "Reproduced as Frontispiece / to 'The Autobiography + Memoirs / of Benjamin Robert Haydon _ 1926 / pub. P. Davies _ London Ed. A. Huxley".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, black chalk, signed and dated: "BR Haydon 1816"; lower right, black chalk: "GHH". Verso: upper centre, graphite: "54"; lower left, graphite: "548. Repr. as frontis. to / "The Autob. of B.R. Haydon / 1926 Pub P. Davies London. Rd. A. Auxley / Exh. BM FAC. 1932"; lower right, graphite, circled: "21"; lower right, graphite: "173". Mount (removed, cut down and now in object file): graphite: "Reproduced as Frontispiece / to 'The Autobiography + Memoirs / of Benjamin Robert Haydon _ 1926 / pub. P. Davies _ London Ed. A. Huxley".
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