Profile portrait of Mrs Catherine Knapp
Maker
(artist)
1667-1745
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
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
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".
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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