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Head and shoulders of a woman

Maker

(artist)
1765-1836

Title

Head and shoulders of a woman

Medium

chalk (black and red), watercolour (blue), bodycolour (red and white) on thick wove paper (now brown)

Dimensions

Height: 19.9 cm
Width: 17.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.614

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. (£1.4); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 56

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to see any due to thickness of paper.

Inscription: R.W.

Inscription: 614

Inscription: #25

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

Inscription: Richard Westall / 1765-1836 / Signed R.W. //

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