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Profile portrait of Mrs Catherine Knapp

Maker

(artist)
1667-1745

Title

Profile portrait of Mrs Catherine Knapp

Date of Production

(25 August) 1731

Medium

graphite on parchment, with double graphite framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 13.5 cm
Width: 13.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.583

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

E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£3); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Gibson-Wood, Carol, 'Jonathan Richardson as a Draftsman' in 'Master Drawings', 1994 - 203-229; 32, no. 3
p. 211
Illus. p. 215, fig. 12
see attached PDF

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 39

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: n/a.

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

Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, graphite, described and dated: "Mrs. Cath: Knapp. August 25. 1731."; lower right corner, graphite, imitation of collector's mark of Jonathan Richardson, the elder, in monogram: "JR". Verso: lower centre, graphite: "Mrs Knapp: by JR [in monogram] / Aug 25.1731".

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