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
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Notes
From Susan Owens Report, 2012: According to Gibson-Wood 1994, Mrs Catherine Knapp was a close female companion of Richardson in the 1730s (p. 211). There is a double portrait of Mr and Mrs Knapp attributed to Richardson at the Morgan (2004.49:15, no image online). The drawing is now secured at all sides to the mount so cannot be turned and the verso cannot be seen.
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: none.
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". Historic mount, Recto: lower right, graphite: "Jonathan Richardson the Elder / 1665–1745 / Portrait of Mrs Cath. Knapp. / Signed & dated Aug. 25 1731. / cf. Double Profile Portrait of Mr & Mrs Knapp / in Morgan Coll".
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". Historic mount, Recto: lower right, graphite: "Jonathan Richardson the Elder / 1665–1745 / Portrait of Mrs Cath. Knapp. / Signed & dated Aug. 25 1731. / cf. Double Profile Portrait of Mr & Mrs Knapp / in Morgan Coll".
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